The correspondents of Ferghana.Ru managed to obtain the full list of participants of the Tashkent Cotton Fair [includes link to full list]…[T]he fair was attended by 252 companies, including 38 from Europe…six from America…From Russia there were reps from 33 companies… Iran sen[t] 34 representatives from its companies, from China, 31, from the United Arab Emirates - 10 companies, Pakistan - eight, South Korea - five, Japan – three, Singapore – two, and Hong Kong and India – one each…[I]n 2007, a press leak revealed that a Bangladeshi company was wavering whether or not to buy Uzbek cotton. Tashkent would immediately have to deal with the issue of using child labor…But it seems that commercial interests won out, and they sent representatives from 21 Bangladeshi companies…[T]he Swiss company Paul Reinhart sent 10 delegates; Super Perfect Investments Ltd (Hong Kong) sent six, Xiang Gang jia ji You Xian Gong Si (China) - one dozen, Iran Rise Alborz (Iran) - nine, Donovan Invest trading (Russia) – five…The main buyer of Uzbek cotton…is Russia. [also refers to Agex Commerce Ltd, Proxium, Mercot AG, Ferdows Textile Co., Alfa Invest, Evrometall Azia, Krasni Perekop, Primteks, Uniontex]