Cotton is a member of the soft commodities sector of the raw material asset class. Futures and futures options in cotton trade on the Intercontinental Exchange. The top three leading producers of cotton in the world are India, China, and the United States. In the US, cotton has a long and controversial history as southern plantations played a central role during the dark period of slavery.
Cotton is one of the commodities that continues to be at the center of political and economic controversy. The fluffy fiber that is one of the primary products required