The fifth international cotton fair involving 300 companies from 33 countries started in Tashkent…These participants do not care about many Western organisations that have called for the boycott of Uzbek cotton because it is produced involving forced child labour…Bangladesh is the biggest buyer of Uzbek cotton. It has…set up the Bangladeshi-Uzbek Central Asia Cotton Ltd joint venture which exhibited itself at the fair…Dubai Cotton Centre’s spokesman Hasan Hojayev said…“Today we signed a contract to supply 100,000 tonnes of Uzbek cotton...” Asked about international organisations’ call to boycott Uzbek cotton because of child labour…many buyers said that they would care only about the quality and price of cotton. [refers to Uzmarkazimpex, Uzprommashimpex, Uzinterimpex]