ICAC - Cotton Update
15th Mar 2021

Major changes (larger than 40,000 tonnes)

Australia 2020/21: production 562,000 tonnes (+56,000 tonnes)

Brazil 2020/21: production 2.5 million tonnes (-128,600 tonnes)

2020/21: exports 1.74 million tonnes (+79,000 tonnes)

China 2020/21: imports 2.2 million tonnes (+100,000 tonnes)

2020/21: consumption 8.1 million tonnes (+100,000 tonnes)

United States 2020/21: production 3.2 million tonnes (+55,000 tonnes)

2020/21: consumption 501,000 tonnes (-22,000 tonnes