According to a Ministry of Agriculture official, in 2010 the raw cotton harvest reached 301,513 tonnes, a rise of 4.9% year on year. The ministry is hoping to see production of 350,000 tonnes in 2011 and as much as 600,000 tonnes by 2015. The area under cotton production was 162,300 ha in 2010 and is expected to rise by around 30%, to 210,000 ha, in 2011 in an attempt to take advantage of high global cotton prices. These have been hovering around their highest level in a decade, with prices having risen by 67% in 2010. At the same time, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has offered to increase the export tax on cotton fibre as a means of boosting domestic supplies for enterprises. No more than an estimated 10% of the total cotton fibre production in 2010 remained in Tajikistan to be used by local textile factories.