Today is 05/16/2024
| China Cotton Supply and Demand Estimates | ||||
| Crop year: Sept-Aug | 2018/19 | 2019/20 (Apr Est ) |
2019/20 (May Est) |
2020/21 (May Proj) |
| 0,000 tonnes | ||||
| Beginning Stocks | 743 | 721 | 721 | 773 |
| 000 hectares | ||||
| Area Planted | 3367 | 3300 | 3300 | 3211 |
| Area Harvested | 3367 | 3300 | 3300 | 3211 |
| kg/hectare | ||||
| Yield | 1794 | 1758 | 1758 | 1770 |
| 0,000 tonnes | ||||
| Production | 604 | 580 | 580 | 568 |
| Imports | 203 | 170 | 200 | 200 |
| Consumption | 824 | 723 | 723 | 780 |
| Exports | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ending Stocks Change | 721 | 743 | 773 | 757 |
| CNY/tonne | ||||
| Domestic Prices for 3128B | 15193 | 12000-14000 | 12000-14000 | 12000-14000 |
| cents/pound | ||||
| Cotlook A Index | 82.38 | 65-75 | 65-75 | 60-75 |