---- Eine chinesische Bauern ernten Baumwolle in einem Feld im Dorf, Zhangzhuang Neihuang County, Anyang City, Central China Provinz Henan, 30. Oktober 20.
--FILE--A Chinese farmer harvests cotton in a field in Zhangzhuang village, Neihuang county, Anyang city, central Chinas Henan province, 30 October 2013. The Chinese government is planning to sell part of its roughly 10 million-ton stockpile of cotton this week, an event long anticipated by traders of the fiber. But while the prospect of a sale from such a large holding would usually push down international cotton prices, concern over the quality and price of the fiber China is offering is expected to mute the effect somewhat. News of the sale came as some traders worried over a late-autumn storm that hit growing regions in the southern part of the U.S., the worlds biggest cotton exporter. The government plans to sell the cotton via auction starting on Thursday (28 November 2013) with a minimum price of 18, 000 yuan a ton, equal to about $1.34 a pound, according to a notice posted on the website of the China National Cotton Information Center, a government-run cotton-industry body.
