| China Cotton Supply and Demand Estimates | ||||
| Crop year: Sept-Aug | 2018/19 | 2019/20 (Mar Est ) |
2020/21 ( Feb Proj) |
2020/21 (Mar Proj) |
| 0,000 tonnes | ||||
| Beginning Stocks | 743 | 721 | 736 | 736 |
| 000 hectares | ||||
| Area Planted | 3367 | 3300 | 3170 | 3170 |
| Area Harvested | 3367 | 3300 | 3170 | 3170 |
| kg/hectare | ||||
| Yield | 1794 | 1758 | 1865 | 1865 |
| 0,000 tonnes | ||||
| Production | 604 | 580 | 591 | 591 |
| Imports | 203 | 160 | 210 | 220 |
| Consumption | 824 | 723 | 800 | 810 |
| Exports | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ending Stocks Change | 721 | 736 | 744 | 734 |
| CNY/tonne | ||||
| Domestic Prices for 3128B | 15193 | 12584 | 13000-15000 | 14000-16000 |
| cents/pound | ||||
| Cotlook A Index | 82.38 | 71.27 | 70-85 | 70-85 |