Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. S.Babayeva / The volume of cotton harvest made up 41,200 ton by 1 October 2007 which is for 39% lower than the 2006, the State Statistic Committee reported.
An unfavourable weather condition is the main reason of the decrease in production of cotton harvest, the Azerbaijani Agriculture Ministry reported. Some 9.200 ton were collected in Saatli region, 5,400 ton in Imishli, 4.04 - in Sabirabad, 4,900 - Bilasuvar and 3,000 -Nefchala.
Cotton grows in 21 regions of Azerbaijan, including Salyan-Mugan, Karabakh and Shirvan.
Some 100,000 ton of cotton to be collected in Azerbaijan in 2007, but the figure made up 103,000 in 2006.