U.S. EXPORT SALES FOR WEEK ENDING 5/16/2019      

Cotton:  Net sales of 381,400 RB for 2018/2019 were up 68 percent from the previous week and 80 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for India (98,500 RB), Turkey (93,200 RB), Bangladesh (57,600 RB), and Vietnam (50,900 RB, including 24,600 RB switched from China and decreases of 100 RB).  Reductions were for China (25,100 RB).  For 2019/2020, net sales of 241,500 RB were primarily for Vietnam (79,000 RB), El Salvador (65,800 RB), Honduras (21,100 RB), China (19,800 RB), and India (15,800 RB).  Exports of 348,600 RB were down 4 percent from the previous week, but up 3 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Exports were primarily to Vietnam (79,800 RB), Pakistan (53,300 RB), Turkey (46,300 RB), China (42,200 RB), and India (30,600 RB).  Net sales reductions of Pima totaling 2,100 RB were down noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average.  Increases primarily for India (400 RB), Taiwan (400 RB), Bangladesh (300 RB), Germany (300 RB), and Turkey (300 RB), were partially offset by reductions for Indonesia (4,100 MT).  For 2019/2020, net sales of 4,500 MT were reported for Indonesia (4,100 RB) and India (400 RB).  Exports of 13,000 RB were down 43 percent from the previous week and 15 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were India (4,600 RB), China (3,100 RB), Vietnam (2,200 MT), Peru (1,300 RB), and Pakistan (1,000 RB).  

Export of own account:  For 2018/2019, new exports for own account totaling 600 RB were to Vietnam.  Exports for own account to Vietnam totaling 2,600 RB were applied to new or outstanding sales.  The current exports for own account outstanding balance of 5,100 RB is for China (2,300 RB), Vietnam (2,000 RB), Taiwan (500 RB), and Thailand (300 RB).                                                                                            

U.S. EXPORT SALES		ALL UPLAND 1404					PIMA 1301
WEEK ENDING 05/16/2019		CURRENT MY		NEXT MY			CURRENT MY		NEXT MY
FAX 202-690-3273		THIS WEEK	YEAR AGO	THIS WEEK	YEAR AGO		THIS WEEK	YEAR AGO	THIS WEEK	YEAR AGO
OUTSTANDING SALES
KNOWN		5,052.7	5,220.3	3,501.5	4,250.0		218.9	98.8	50.6	44.2
UNKNOWN		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
TOTAL		5,052.7	5,220.3	3,501.5	4,250.0		218.9	98.8	50.6	44.2
OPTIONAL ORIGIN		0.0	8.4	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
ACCUMULATED EXPORTS		9,569.5	11,018.9	XX	XX		488.4	492.9	XX	XX
EXPORTS FOR OWN ACCT		5.1	15.7	XX	XX		0.0	0.0	XX	XX
NET CHANGE IN SALES		381.4	50.7	241.5	152.2		-2.1	0.9	4.5	0.0
COUNTRY	CURRENT MARKETING YEAR				NEXT MY	CURRENT MARKETING YEAR				NEXT MY
	NEW SALES	DEST. CHGS.	CANCEL	EXPORTS	SALES (NET)	NEW SALES	DEST. CHGS.	CANCEL	EXPORTS	SALES (NET)
GERMANY						0.3
ITALY	0.9			0.1
SLOVENIA									0.1
TURKEY	93.2			46.3	13.2	0.3			0.6
JAPAN	12.1	-0.1	1.4	1.2	5.1	0.2			0.1
TAIWAN	12.1			3.9		0.4
CHINA	24.0	-25.9	23.3	42.2	19.8				3.1
INDIA	98.5			30.6	15.8	0.5			4.6	0.4
BANGLADH	57.6			23.5	2.2	0.3
INDNSIA	23.7	0.5		15.2	2.6			4.1		4.1
KOR REP	1.0	0.8		7.1	6.7
MALAYSA	5.7			1.2
PAKISTN	31.7			53.3	0.9				1.0
PHIL				1.1	4.4
THAILND	2.7	0.1		11.4	0.9
VIETNAM	26.4	24.6	0.1	79.8	79.0				2.2
EGYPT	2.8			2.1
TUNISIA	0.4
C RICA				0.4
COLOMB				3.1
ECUADOR	0.4
GUATMAL				3.5
HONDURA				0.8	21.1
MEXICO				16.7
NICARAG				0.8
PERU	12.9			0.9	3.9				1.3
SALVADR				3.2	65.8
TOTAL	406.3	0.0	24.8	348.6	241.5	2.0	0.0	4.1	13.0	4.5