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The cotton market since China opened their market to the world.
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When China opened their market to the world, prices of cotton fluctuated. This was caused by various factors. Firstly, since 1999 the Chinese government has allowed the farmers to sell part of their crop at prices they wanted and that they "no longer have the certainty of guaranteed purchases by the state". Therefore numerous investors have surged into the textile manufacturing market. This would lead to an increase in the price of cotton as the demand in the textile industry would increase rapidly. Demand1is the quantity of goods or services that will be bought at any given price over a period of time. With the increase in demand, the curve would shift to the right. A shift in the demand curve2 means a movement of the whole curve to the right or left of the original caused by a change in any variable affecting demand except the price. This is...
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