Personnel from the United States Department of Agriculture and private industry traveled to the former Soviet Union (FSU) from August 31 through September 14, 1992. The team visited textile mills in Russia and cotton producing areas and textile facilities in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. In Russia, the purpose of the trip was to assess the textile industry's short-term outlook for securing raw cotton supplies from the Central Asian region of the FSU (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan). The team's objective in Central Asia was to evaluate the current raw cotton supply and demand situation and determine the outlook for both the cotton and textile industries in this region.