HEAHY IOAD OF “WHITE GOLD” – UZBEK COTTON

Abstract

The article describes the stages of the origin and development of cotton growing in Uzbekistan. During the years of Soviet power, it was reported that it was turned into a raw material base. Cases of the use of forced labor in cotton picking and the announcement of a boycott by the world's largest cotton-textile campaigns against it and its consequences are also covered. Thanks to the reforms implemented in the cotton industry of the republic, in subsequent years the use of forced labor in picking cotton was stopped, and as a result, the boycott of Uzbek cotton was canceled.