U.S. Cotton Exports in 2024

Total Export Value
$5 Billion
Total Volume (Millions)
2.49 Metric Tons
3-Year Average
$6.62 Billion
Compound Average Growth
2.5% (2015-2024)
Market Total Value (USD)
China $1.48 Billion
Pakistan $771.59 Million
Vietnam $581.04 Million
Turkey $372.14 Million
Bangladesh $250.55 Million
Mexico $244.59 Million
India $210.73 Million
Honduras $138.9 Million
Indonesia $138.51 Million
Guatemala $113.46 Million
Cotton Export Markets 2015 - 2024
Annual Cotton Exports 2015 - 2024

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This monthly report includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in cotton.
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News and Features

For almost 50 years, Bangladesh required U.S. cotton be fumigated because of concerns about the boll weevil. Collaboration between USDA agencies and the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture resulted in amended import requirements, exempting the United States from the list of countries required to fumigate cotton upon arrival.
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.
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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