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The latest price is 2.1 USD/kg (World, Sep 2026, monthly data, World Bank).

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Cotton Price

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Latest price

2.1 USD/kg

World · Sep 2026 · monthly data · World Bank

Benchmark: Cotlook A Index, middling 1-3/32 inch, CFR Far East

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Period	Price (USD/kg)	Change
Sep 2026	2.1	-0.5%
Aug 2026	2.11	+7.7%
Jul 2026	1.96	+3.2%
Jun 2026	1.9	-6.4%
May 2026	2.03	+6.8%
Apr 2026	1.9	+11.8%
Mar 2026	1.7	+4.3%
Feb 2026	1.63	-0.6%
Jan 2026	1.64	+0.6%
Dec 2025	1.63	-1.8%
Nov 2025	1.66	-1.2%
Oct 2025	1.68	-2.3%

Annual averages

Year	Average (USD/kg)	Change
2026 (year to date)	1.89	+10.4%
2025	1.71	-10.6%
2024	1.91	-8.8%
2023	2.09	-26.9%
2022	2.86	+28.4%
2021	2.23	+40.7%
2020	1.59	-7.7%
2019	1.72	-14.7%
2018	2.01	+9.3%
2017	1.84	+12.6%

Market situation

Latest World price (2026-09): -2% vs. the 5-year average, +6% vs. the 10-year average, +22% vs. a year ago.

About Cotton

The dominant natural fiber for textiles, grown mainly in China, India, the US and Brazil. Prices compete with synthetic fibers made from oil, and move with global apparel demand, planting decisions relative to competing crops like soybeans, and weather in major growing regions. China further complicates the picture by holding a large state cotton reserve for economic stability, which it can release onto or withhold from the domestic market largely independent of that year's harvest - a policy lever most other commodities on this site don't have. This page tracks the Cotlook A Index, the standard international benchmark for physical cotton, averaged from the cheapest offers for middling-grade cotton delivered to the Far East.

Top Cotton Producers

Rank	Country
1	China	18,700,000 t	6.6 t/ha
2	India	15,000,000 t	1.3 t/ha
3	United States	9,573,295 t	2.9 t/ha
4	Brazil	8,523,606 t	4.3 t/ha
5	Pakistan	3,500,618 t	1.7 t/ha
6	Uzbekistan	2,938,089 t	3.1 t/ha
7	Australia	2,400,000 t	5.1 t/ha
8	Türkiye	2,243,000 t	4.8 t/ha
9	Argentina	1,269,399 t	2.0 t/ha
10	Burkina Faso	769,440 t	1.2 t/ha
11	Mali	640,000 t	1.0 t/ha
12	Benin	635,976 t	1.2 t/ha
13	Turkmenistan	600,238 t	1.0 t/ha
14	Cameroon	490,900 t	2.1 t/ha
15	Mexico	479,732 t	4.0 t/ha
16	Sudan	358,800 t	1.5 t/ha
17	Côte d’Ivoire	347,922 t	0.9 t/ha
18	Myanmar (Burma)	320,000 t	1.5 t/ha
19	Kazakhstan	301,661 t	2.8 t/ha
20	Tanzania	282,510 t	0.6 t/ha
21	Tajikistan	253,182 t	2.1 t/ha
22	Azerbaijan	237,651 t	2.9 t/ha
23	Egypt	228,179 t	2.8 t/ha
24	Nigeria	223,000 t	0.4 t/ha
25	Zimbabwe	211,573 t	1.4 t/ha
26	Ethiopia	178,704 t	2.3 t/ha
27	Uganda	149,308 t	1.5 t/ha
28	Afghanistan	120,508 t	1.3 t/ha
29	Iran	120,000 t	2.4 t/ha
30	Syria	93,144 t	2.8 t/ha
31	Chad	80,000 t	0.6 t/ha
32	Bangladesh	63,000 t	4.3 t/ha
33	Mozambique	59,451 t	0.6 t/ha
34	Togo	51,437 t	0.7 t/ha
35	Central African Republic	51,117 t	0.4 t/ha
36	Spain	49,099 t	—
37	South Africa	48,712 t	2.7 t/ha
38	Kyrgyzstan	46,338 t	3.6 t/ha
39	Guinea	44,808 t	1.0 t/ha
40	North Korea	35,865 t	2.0 t/ha
41	Israel	33,000 t	4.2 t/ha
42	Colombia	31,346 t	2.6 t/ha
43	Congo - Kinshasa	30,480 t	0.4 t/ha
44	Ghana	27,890 t	1.9 t/ha
45	Paraguay	25,676 t	2.0 t/ha
46	Malawi	24,398 t	0.6 t/ha
47	Peru	22,596 t	2.1 t/ha
48	Senegal	14,330 t	0.9 t/ha
49	Madagascar	13,851 t	1.1 t/ha
50	Zambia	9,072 t	0.9 t/ha
51	Somalia	7,418 t	0.4 t/ha
52	Tunisia	6,796 t	1.9 t/ha
53	Bolivia	6,400 t	1.7 t/ha
54	Kenya	6,234 t	0.4 t/ha
55	Niger	5,806 t	1.7 t/ha
56	Guinea-Bissau	5,531 t	1.1 t/ha
57	Venezuela	4,877 t	1.2 t/ha
58	Ecuador	3,926 t	1.3 t/ha
59	Yemen	3,820 t	0.9 t/ha
60	Thailand	3,387 t	1.7 t/ha
61	Honduras	3,336 t	1.7 t/ha
62	Angola	3,300 t	0.6 t/ha
63	Guatemala	2,621 t	2.8 t/ha
64	Eswatini	1,678 t	0.6 t/ha
65	Laos	1,450 t	1.4 t/ha
66	Bulgaria	1,385 t	0.7 t/ha
67	Botswana	983 t	1.9 t/ha
68	Haiti	929 t	0.5 t/ha
69	Albania	802 t	1.1 t/ha
70	Costa Rica	717 t	0.8 t/ha
71	Burundi	676 t	0.4 t/ha
72	Gambia	532 t	0.4 t/ha
73	Cambodia	232 t	1.3 t/ha
74	Morocco	218 t	2.0 t/ha
75	Nepal	128 t	1.0 t/ha
76	Antigua & Barbuda	107 t	0.2 t/ha
77	Algeria	83 t	0.3 t/ha
78	Indonesia	80 t	0.3 t/ha
79	Philippines	70 t	1.8 t/ha
80	Grenada	24 t	0.3 t/ha
81	Vietnam	19 t	0.5 t/ha
82	Iraq	12 t	1.4 t/ha
83	St. Kitts & Nevis	3 t	0.3 t/ha

FAOSTAT production data, 2024. World average yield: 2.4 t/ha.

Top Cotton Importers

Rank	Country
1	China	2,608,557 t
2	Bangladesh	1,310,807 t
3	Vietnam	1,301,539 t
4	Türkiye	779,980 t
5	India	451,426 t
6	Indonesia	405,785 t
7	Pakistan	372,034 t
8	Egypt	240,350 t
9	Malaysia	144,797 t
10	Thailand	92,081 t
11	Mexico	88,870 t
12	Iran	87,880 t
13	South Korea	67,599 t
14	Guatemala	52,419 t
15	El Salvador	40,893 t
16	Peru	39,570 t
17	Portugal	30,942 t
18	Japan	29,429 t
19	Taiwan	24,488 t
20	Italy	19,838 t
21	Mauritius	17,964 t
22	Costa Rica	15,209 t
23	Lesotho	14,742 t
24	Germany	14,094 t
25	Algeria	12,314 t
26	United Arab Emirates	11,358 t
27	Turkmenistan	10,282 t
28	France	7,572 t
29	Russia	6,615 t
30	Poland	5,842 t
31	Colombia	4,138 t
32	Bahrain	3,733 t
33	Ecuador	3,521 t
34	Spain	3,479 t
35	Morocco	3,342 t
36	Estonia	3,198 t
37	Greece	2,884 t
38	Philippines	2,853 t
39	Belgium	2,567 t
40	Benin	2,548 t
41	Djibouti	2,209 t
42	Bulgaria	2,115 t
43	Tunisia	2,101 t
44	North Korea	1,995 t
45	Venezuela	1,681 t
46	Israel	1,639 t
47	Zimbabwe	1,378 t
48	Czechia	1,131 t
49	Uruguay	1,126 t
50	Brazil	1,104 t
51	Bosnia & Herzegovina	995 t
52	Latvia	875 t
53	Nepal	797 t
54	Slovenia	765 t
55	United States	747 t
56	Serbia	708 t
57	Kenya	682 t
58	Saudi Arabia	678 t
59	Belarus	651 t
60	Samoa	629 t
61	South Africa	463 t
62	Honduras	451 t
63	North Macedonia	423 t
64	Ukraine	397 t
65	Eswatini	358 t
66	Mozambique	350 t
67	United Kingdom	270 t
68	Hungary	269 t
69	Canada	259 t
70	Chile	243 t
71	Tajikistan	228 t
72	Cambodia	179 t
73	Jordan	160 t
74	Argentina	160 t
75	Romania	139 t
76	Denmark	124 t
77	Angola	117 t
78	Croatia	117 t
79	Armenia	115 t
80	Slovakia	110 t
81	Cyprus	109 t
82	Myanmar (Burma)	105 t
83	Lebanon	100 t
84	Singapore	96 t
85	Gambia	93 t
86	Sri Lanka	93 t
87	Kazakhstan	89 t
88	Mali	77 t
89	Netherlands	68 t
90	Congo - Kinshasa	51 t
91	Tanzania	46 t
92	Iraq	39 t
93	Syria	39 t
94	Qatar	36 t
95	Botswana	33 t
96	Côte d’Ivoire	32 t
97	Switzerland	28 t
98	Burkina Faso	27 t
99	Ghana	25 t
100	Uzbekistan	24 t
101	Zambia	23 t
102	Papua New Guinea	23 t
103	Nigeria	21 t
104	Ireland	19 t
105	Palestinian Territories	18 t
106	Namibia	16 t
107	Mauritania	16 t
108	Austria	15 t
109	Bahamas	11 t
110	Malta	11 t
111	Norway	10 t
112	Libya	9 t
113	Senegal	9 t
114	Yemen	7 t
115	Dominican Republic	7 t
116	Iceland	6 t
117	Sweden	5 t
118	Guyana	4 t
119	Azerbaijan	4 t
120	Uganda	4 t
121	Laos	4 t
122	Malawi	4 t
123	Suriname	4 t
124	Kuwait	3 t
125	Central African Republic	3 t
126	Timor-Leste	3 t
127	Tonga	2 t
128	French Polynesia	2 t
129	Luxembourg	2 t
130	Brunei	2 t
131	South Sudan	2 t
132	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2 t
133	Jamaica	2 t
134	Australia	2 t
135	Oman	2 t
136	Albania	2 t
137	Gabon	2 t
138	New Caledonia	2 t
139	Lithuania	2 t
140	Togo	2 t
141	Finland	2 t
142	St. Lucia	2 t
143	Faroe Islands	1 t
144	Seychelles	1 t
145	Guinea	1 t
146	Rwanda	1 t
147	Antigua & Barbuda	1 t
148	Fiji	1 t
149	Grenada	1 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2024.

Top Cotton Exporters

Rank	Country
1	Brazil	2,774,324 t
2	United States	2,491,894 t
3	Australia	1,191,596 t
4	India	465,001 t
5	Benin	259,467 t
6	Greece	254,372 t
7	Türkiye	253,005 t
8	Burkina Faso	176,103 t
9	Côte d’Ivoire	147,363 t
10	Argentina	131,063 t
11	Azerbaijan	118,515 t
12	Afghanistan	111,111 t
13	Tajikistan	100,524 t
14	Kazakhstan	94,665 t
15	Mali	82,462 t
16	Sudan	71,066 t
17	Egypt	57,140 t
18	Tanzania	48,313 t
19	Syria	34,166 t
20	Spain	32,167 t
21	Paraguay	30,737 t
22	Togo	28,720 t
23	China	21,141 t
24	Chad	19,015 t
25	Cameroon	12,179 t
26	Kyrgyzstan	11,173 t
27	South Africa	11,139 t
28	Zimbabwe	10,370 t
29	Mexico	9,995 t
30	Israel	9,099 t
31	Zambia	8,830 t
32	Mauritania	8,497 t
33	Turkmenistan	8,126 t
34	Malaysia	7,008 t
35	Uganda	6,369 t
36	Myanmar (Burma)	6,166 t
37	Mozambique	5,880 t
38	Senegal	5,571 t
39	Nigeria	4,658 t
40	Indonesia	3,402 t
41	Madagascar	2,552 t
42	Pakistan	1,841 t
43	Portugal	1,804 t
44	Italy	1,676 t
45	Germany	1,197 t
46	Ethiopia	1,171 t
47	Taiwan	988 t
48	South Korea	876 t
49	France	801 t
50	Uruguay	577 t
51	Malawi	549 t
52	Belgium	524 t
53	Guatemala	377 t
54	Vietnam	355 t
55	Poland	299 t
56	Bangladesh	295 t
57	Peru	242 t
58	Hungary	222 t
59	Iran	214 t
60	Eswatini	201 t
61	Thailand	196 t
62	Iraq	161 t
63	Jordan	151 t
64	Saudi Arabia	143 t
65	United Kingdom	141 t
66	Costa Rica	135 t
67	Netherlands	132 t
68	Mauritius	124 t
69	Uzbekistan	114 t
70	Ireland	69 t
71	Singapore	68 t
72	Morocco	64 t
73	Switzerland	61 t
74	El Salvador	60 t
75	Georgia	54 t
76	Romania	45 t
77	Bosnia & Herzegovina	43 t
78	Lesotho	40 t
79	Philippines	34 t
80	Latvia	32 t
81	Jamaica	21 t
82	Hong Kong SAR China	21 t
83	Slovenia	20 t
84	Denmark	20 t
85	Croatia	13 t
86	Serbia	12 t
87	Austria	9 t
88	Lebanon	8 t
89	Bulgaria	7 t
90	United Arab Emirates	7 t
91	Sweden	6 t
92	Gambia	6 t
93	Barbados	5 t
94	Norway	4 t
95	Canada	4 t
96	Slovakia	3 t
97	Kenya	3 t
98	Samoa	3 t
99	Czechia	3 t
100	Bahrain	2 t
101	Namibia	2 t
102	Sri Lanka	1 t
103	Ghana	1 t
104	Ukraine	1 t
105	Nepal	1 t