Agriculture

🧶 Cotton
Global Trade Profile

Raw cotton fibers traded globally for textile manufacturing and industrial use.

World Exports: $61.1B
Top Exporter: 🇨🇳 China
Top Importer: 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
YoY: ▲ +1.5%
Harvard Atlas · 2022
World Exports
$61.1B
Agriculture & Food · 2022
World Imports
$61.1B
Global demand
Top Exporter
🇨🇳 China
$12.8B exports
YoY Change
+1.5%
vs 2021
World Export Map — Cotton
Bubble size = Export Volume
Export Scale
Top 3
Top 10
Top 20
Other
Harvard Growth Lab · Agriculture & Food (Section 1) · 2022
Top Exporters — Cotton
Size = Export Value · 2022
Harvard Atlas · HS92 Section 1 · 2022
World Trade Dynamics 2010–2022
World Export ($B) World Import ($B)
Harvard Growth Lab · aggregate world trade · USD billion
Country Rankings — Cotton
# Country Export Import Market Share YoY
1
🇨🇳
$12.8B $7.9B 20.9% ▼ 4% Profile
2
🇺🇸
$10.6B $929.5M 17.4% ▲ +50.7% Profile
3
🇮🇳
$6.9B $1.4B 11.3% ▼ 32.4% Profile
4
🇧🇷
$3.8B $140.1M 6.2% ▲ +11.7% Profile
5
🇻🇳
$3.3B $5.3B 5.4% ▼ 14.3% Profile
6
🇵🇰
$3.2B $2.8B 5.2% ▼ 4.2% Profile
7
🇦🇺
$2.6B $65.1M 4.3% ▲ +102.5% Profile
8
🇹🇷
$2.2B $3.7B 3.6% ▲ +0.8% Profile
9
🇺🇿
$1.5B $58.7M 2.5% ▼ 13.6% Profile
10
🇮🇹
$1.3B $1.4B 2.1% ▲ +5.8% Profile
11
🇩🇪
$689.4M $874.2M 1.1% ▲ +0.9% Profile
12
🇮🇩
$678.3M $1.9B 1.1% ▼ 20.3% Profile
13
🇪🇬
$607.3M $919.3M 1.0% ▲ +14.8% Profile
14
🇬🇷
$607.2M $144.9M 1.0% ▼ 20.4% Profile
15
BEN
$596.5M $324.2M ▼ 5.4%
16
🇪🇸
$586.5M $448.7M 1.0% ▼ 17.4% Profile
17
MLI
$438.8M $154.4M ▲ +119.8%
18
🇹🇭
$396.7M $873.2M 0.7% ▲ +5.4% Profile
19
🇰🇷
$391.8M $1.0B 0.6% ▼ 16% Profile
20
🇨🇮
$387.2M $82.7M 0.6% ▼ 11.2% Profile
21
🇦🇹
$371.4M $254.2M 0.6% ▼ 3.9% Profile
22
BFA
$333.9M $17.3M ▲ +16.9%
23
SDN
$318.8M $70.5M ▲ +172%
24
🇯🇵
$315.5M $550.8M 0.5% ▼ 7.8% Profile
25
🇳🇱
$310.4M $211.0M 0.5% ▲ +7.6% Profile
26
🇫🇷
$296.2M $516.9M 0.5% ▼ 0.1% Profile
27
🇲🇾
$292.4M $465.1M 0.5% ▲ +7.3% Profile
28
🇹🇼
$291.2M $252.2M 0.5% ▼ 9.4% Profile
29
🇲🇽
$255.7M $1.4B 0.4% ▲ +26.8% Profile
30
🇨🇲
$253.5M $34.8M 0.4% ▼ 0.9% Profile
Harvard Atlas · HS92 Section 1 · 2022 · showing top 30 countries
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USDA WASDE — Cotton
Supply & Demand · 2025 marketing year · 1000 480LB Bales
Full Report
Country Production Exports Ending Stocks
🇮🇳 India 31,000 5,000 12,500
🇨🇳 China 25,000 200 36,000
🇧🇷 Brazil 17,000 11,500 4,500
🇺🇸 United States 14,000 12,000 4,400
🇵🇰 Pakistan 8,500 200 2,800
🇦🇺 Australia 5,800 5,700 1,200
🇹🇷 Turkey 4,300 300 1,800
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 3,500 1,200 800
USDA FAS PSD · 2025 marketing year · Source: STUB View Full WASDE
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Cotton
HS Chapter 52 · Agriculture

Raw cotton fibers traded globally for textile manufacturing and industrial use.

HS Section 🌾 Agriculture & Food
Unit bales
USDA Code 3222000
Data Year 2022

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USDA WASDE Snapshot
Cotton · 2025 MktYear
World Production 109,850 k MT
World Exports 36,700 k MT
Top Producer 🇮🇳 India
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Data Sources
Harvard Growth Lab
Trade flows 1995–2022
USDA FAS PSD
Monthly WASDE data
World Bank
GDP & macro indicators