1.Which properties of cotton are recognized universally as the indicators that can affect the trading price of cotton?And to what extent? According to the price difference table of cotton on the official website of USDA, the indicators of color,leaf, mike and the length of cotton are the deciding factors when trading cotton.is it universal?
2.What do the code numbers of the color grade mean on the website of Australian Cotton Shippers Association(OS: https://austcottonshippers.com.au/australian-cotton-quality)? Whether the latter numbers mean the leaf grade or not?
3.Is there any difference between lint and fiber when it comes to cotton?
4.How to understand the indicator of Loan P/D on the table of cotton quality? (OS:https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/cndcqs_s.pdf)