U.S. Cotton Exports in 2022

Total Export Value
$9.02 Billion
Total Volume (Millions)
3 Metric Tons
3-Year Average
$6.88 Billion
Compound Average Growth
4.9% (2013-2022)

Top 10 Markets for Cotton in 2022

Market Total Value (USD)
China $2.89 Billion
Vietnam $1.08 Billion
Turkey $1.03 Billion
Pakistan $1.01 Billion
Mexico $527.74 Million
India $493.84 Million
Bangladesh $477.07 Million
Indonesia $233.62 Million
Peru $203.39 Million
Thailand $145.28 Million
Top 10 Cotton Export Markets 2013 - 2022
Annual Cotton Exports 2013 - 2022

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Data and Analysis

On May 17, 2023 the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture published a special regulatory order amending the Plant Quarantine Rules 2018, thereby allowing the importation of U.S. cotton into Bangladesh without fumigation on-arrival.
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News and Features

May is World Trade Month, and USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service is marking the occasion by sharing some of the most recent facts and figures about U.S. agricultural trade.
The American agricultural sector posted its best export year ever in 2022 with international sales of U.S. farm and food products reaching $196 billion.
CONTACT: USDA Press Office, press@oc.usda.gov Washington, D.C., July 24, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade...

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