EU cotton market

Cotton is an arable crop used both for its seeds, from which oil and oilseed cakes are made, and for its fibre. Today in the EU, cotton is only a small sector which accounts for less than 2 % of world cotton production and less than 0.0025 % of the EU's UAA (utilised agricultural area). The EU is a net importer of cotton. Support for the production of cotton under the Common Agricultural Policy started in 1981, with the accession of Greece. Since then the regime has been revised regularly. Today the EU's main producing countries are Greece and Spain, with some production also in Bulgaria and Portugal.

The link address is: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/markets/cotton/index_en.htm