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Conversion Factors
weights and measures around the cotton world...

Area
1 acre = 0.4047 hectare      
1 feddan = 1.038 acres = 0.42 hectares  
1 hectare = 2.471 acres      
1 manzana = 1.72 acres = 0.696 hectares  
1 sq metre = 1.19603 sq yards      
1 stremma = 0.1 hectares      
15 mu = 1 hectare      
 
Length
1 inch = 25.4 mm      
1 metre = 1.0935 yards      
 
Statistical Bale Weights
Australia = 227 kilos      
Colombia = 233 kilos      
Egypt = 327 kilos = 720 lbs  
India/Pakistan = 170 kilos      
Mexico = 220 kilos      
Nigeria = 185 kilos      
South Africa = 200 kilos      
Sudan = 191 kilos = 420 lbs  
Tanzania = 181 kilos = 400 lbs  
Uganda = 182 kilos      
USA = 218 kilos = 480 lbs  
 
Units
1 crore = 100 lakh = 10,000,000  
1 lakh = 100,000      
 
Weight
1 arroba = 15 kilos      
1 candy = 355.62 kilos      
1 cantar = 50 kilos      
1 centner = 100 kilos (some European countries = 50 kilos)      
1 dan = 50 kilos      
1 Indian quintal = 2.6792 maunds = 100 kilos  
1 jin (China - seed cotton) = 0.50 kilos      
1 kilogramme = 2.20462 lbs      
1 maund = 37.3242 kilos      
1 Spanish quintal = 46 kilos      
1 tonne = 1,000 kilos      
 
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