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China Draws on Large Stocks While Other Importers Compete for Scarce Cotton

China Draws on Large Stocks While Other Importers Compete for Scarce Cotton

The world's cotton importers have shifted towards a single dominant exporter at a time of rising weather risk. Brazil shipped 3.37 million tonnes in 2025/26, far ahead of the United States, and its Centre-West cotton belt is in El Niño's dry zone. Conab and StoneX both expect each hectare of Brazilian cotton to yield less this season.

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Subir Ghosh
Subir Ghosh

Subir Ghosh is a Kolkata-based independent journalist, author and researcher. He has been writing since 1991 on corporate accountability, industrial policy, sustainability, the environment, conflict and cinema, and has written or co-written seven books. This site collects his published work from 1991 onwards.

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On the Face of it
Gone with the Seam
Dream Machine
Sue the Messenger
Subir Ghosh in Numbers

Subir Ghosh has been a journalist since 1991, writing on corporate accountability, industrial policy, sustainability, the environment, conflict and cinema.

35
years in journalism
7
books written or co-written
4
publications founded and run
2
national awards

Full biography, career record and CV

Commissioned Directly

Subir Ghosh takes on journalism, research, writing and speaking assignments directly.

Journalism
Reported features, investigations, analysis and interviews
Research
Commissioned studies, media content analysis, documents-based investigation
Writing
Ghostwriting, institutional reports, editing, content strategy
Speaking
Talks, panels, moderation, newsroom workshops

Subjects, formats and how commissions work

Latest Additions: Archives
Books Reviewed / Mentioned
France On the Brink
Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema
Do Population Policies Matter
6 Billion
Finding Delhi
Pillar of Sand
Acting Smart
Sanjoy's Assam
Delivered by Inscriptions

Larger publishing, design, web and risk projects are delivered by Inscriptions, the consultancy he directs.

Publishing
Contract and custom publishing, from commissioning to press
Design
Editorial design for magazines, reports and books
Digital
Drupal websites built for structured content and scale
Risk
Political risk assessment grounded in on-the-ground reporting

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It’s bad news for Karnataka. Growth is slowing down, and inter-state comparisons of socio-economic development indicate that human development indices are stagnating in Karnataka. The Economic Survey for 2011-12 has revealed that the state fared the worst in terms of growth in 2009-10 with a paltry 3.88%, compared with an all-India average of 7.96%. In contrast, the growth in Uttarakhand was almost three times that of Karnataka — at 11.61%. The slowdown in the state becomes more obvious when one...

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Review: France On the Brink

Review of France On the Brink

After 30 years of reporting on France for Reuters and The Economist and marriage to a Frenchwoman, Jonathan Fenby comes out with an informative, insightful and critical study of France, his "home, away from home". Fenby, now the editor of South China Morning Post, weaves reportage, anecdotes and analyses into a fascinating presentation of contemporary France. He is thorough with French politics, society and history and sees today's state of affairs from the backdrop of the French Revolution, the...

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