West Africa, sub-Saharan and north of the equator, is an important producing area of high-quality cotton in Africa. There are many countries that grow cotton here, with large cotton area and high quality, which is mainly due to the unique natural climate conditions in this area: the western and southern parts of the producing area are adjacent to the Gulf of Guinea, and the northern part is the Sahara desert, with low latitude, high temperature all the year round and superior heat conditions. The average temperature in Leng Yue is above 20 degrees Celsius, and cotton can grow all year round.

There are 18 countries and 12 countries producing cotton in West Africa. In addition to Niger and Ghana, there are also Chad, Central Africa, C? te d 'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal in French equatorial Africa, Cameroon and Benin entrusted by France, and Zznja and Togo in former Britain.

West African cotton is milky white, suitable for weaving yarns on textile machinery, and can spin yarns for more than 40 s. Cameroon cotton is strong, with good micronaire value, mainly a-grade cotton; Mali cotton has good spinnability, but poor consistency. The price of cotton in West Africa does not fluctuate closely with new york futures as American cotton and Australian cotton do. Because domestic prices in West African countries are denominated in francs, while export prices are denominated in dollars, sometimes the exchange rate changes between the franc and the dollar have a great influence on their quotations.