Cotton: World Markets and Trade (Nov. 2001)

November 2001 Edition:

Exports Off to Strong Start Towards 70-year High

Accumulated U.S. Exports - MY 2001/02 Forecast of 9.4 million bales

U.S. cotton exports are off to an unusually strong start in MY 2001/02. In the last 70 years, exports have reached the current forecast of 9.4 million 480-lb bales only once before in MY 1994/95. For the past 15 marketing years 14 percent of total marketing year exports have been shipped by week 13, on average, with a standard deviation of 4 percentage points. However, accumulated exports this marketing year are 25.5 percent of the forecast total, nearly 2.4 million bales; almost twice the year-ago level. Cumulatively, exports are up 950,000 bales from last year - a threefold increase – to India, Turkey, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Korea. These six countries are only forecast to increase their combined total imports by 4 percent, 415,000 bales, from MY 2000/01. Thus the current U.S. export level indicates a substantial increase in U.S. market share in these countries.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

U.S. Cotton Outlook

World Cotton Outlook

Cotton Prices

U.S. Cotton Highlights

Most statistical tables contained in this circular may be viewed in Adobe Acrobat format ® (.pdf) or downloaded as Lotus 1-2-3 ® spreadsheets (.wk3).

Tables

Table 1: World Cotton Supply, Use and Trade, 1995/96-2001/2002 (1,000 metric tons) {.pdf, .wk3}
Table 2: World Cotton Supply, Use and Trade, 1995/96-2001/2002 (1,000 480-lb. bales) {.pdf, .wk3}
Table 3: FY 99 GSM-102 and Supplier Credit Programs {.pdf}
Table 4: Area, Yield, and Production by Country 2000/2001-2001/2002 {.pdf, .wk3}
Table 5: Cotton Supply & Distribution by Country 2001/2002 (1,000 480-lb. bales) {.pdf, .wk3}
Table 5-A: Cotton Supply & Distribution by Country 2001/2002 (1,000 metric tons) {.pdf, .wk3}
Table 6: Cotton Supply & Distribution by Country 2000/2001 (1,000 480-lb. bales) {.pdf, .wk3}
Table 6-A: Cotton Supply & Distribution by Country, 2000/2001 (1,000 metric tons) {.pdf, .wk3}
Table 7: Export Sales Summary {.pdf, .wk3}
Table 8: Northern European Cotton and Adjusted World Price {.pdf}
Table 9: World Cotton Production, Yield, Supply, and Utilization {.pdf, .wk3}
Table 10: United States Cotton Production, Yield, Supply, and Utilization {.pdf, .wk3}
Table 11: Foreign Cotton Production, Yield, Supply, and Utilization {.pdf, .wk3}
Table 12: New Independent States Cotton Supply and Demand, MY 1991/92-2001/2002 {.pdf, .wk3}
Special: World Cotton Statistics (10 years) {.pdf}

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