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Table 17 Cotton Area, Yield, and Production 
  
Date Created  09/12/2023 12:05:51 PM  
 
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Country/Region Area
(Million hectares)
Yield
(Kilograms per hectare)
Production
(Million 480 lb. bales)
Change in Production
  2023/24 Proj.   2023/24 Proj.   2023/24 Proj. From last month From last year
2021/22 Prel.
2022/23
Aug Sep 2021/22 Prel.
2022/23
Aug Sep 2021/22 Prel.
2022/23
Aug Sep MBales Percent MBales Percent
World32.4931.8231.9931.78775812777770115.62118.70114.12112.39-1.72-1.51-6.31-5.31
United States4.162.963.493.259181,06587388117.5214.4713.9913.13-0.86-6.15-1.34-9.23
Total Foreign28.3328.8628.5028.5475478676575798.10104.23100.1299.26-0.86-0.86-4.97-4.77
 
South Asia 
  India12.3713.0012.4012.6042943544843224.4026.0025.5025.00-0.50-1.96-1.00-3.85
  Pakistan2.001.802.502.606534725665446.003.906.506.500.000.002.6066.67
 
China3.103.152.902.901,8822,1222,0272,02726.8030.7027.0027.000.000.00-3.70-12.05
 
South America 
  Brazil1.601.661.631.671,5951,8891,7701,79911.7214.4013.2513.800.554.15-0.60-4.17
  Argentina0.480.450.410.416245446116111.381.131.151.150.000.000.032.22
  Paraguay0.020.040.030.035278778068060.050.140.100.100.000.00-0.04-29.08
 
Africa 
  Burkina Faso0.600.620.610.493512733303110.960.780.930.70-0.23-24.32-0.08-9.68
  Mali0.720.600.700.704322693893891.430.741.251.250.000.000.5270.07
  Cote dchr(39)Ivoire0.470.410.390.394862364244241.050.450.760.760.000.000.3270.79
  Benin0.640.570.640.534834184764831.421.101.401.18-0.23-16.070.086.82
  Egypt0.090.140.150.117176616606930.280.430.460.35-0.11-23.08-0.08-17.65
  Cameroon0.230.230.230.256065635685780.640.600.600.650.058.330.058.33
  Tanzania0.240.350.350.352312182182180.260.350.350.350.000.000.000.00
  Nigeria0.270.270.270.272822822822820.350.350.350.350.000.000.000.00
  Zimbabwe0.250.240.240.241911951951950.220.220.220.220.000.000.000.00
  Ethiopia0.080.080.080.086376376376370.240.240.240.240.000.000.000.00
 
Former Soviet Union - 12 
  Uzbekistan1.061.071.031.035886716136132.873.302.902.900.000.00-0.40-12.12
  Turkmenistan0.550.550.550.553563563563560.900.900.900.900.000.000.000.00
  Tajikistan0.170.170.170.176086156406400.480.480.500.500.000.000.024.17
  Kazakhstan0.110.130.120.124675844904900.240.340.270.270.000.00-0.07-19.40
 
Middle East 
  Turkey0.450.560.430.441,8391,9221,7931,7323.804.903.503.500.000.00-1.40-28.57
  Syria0.030.030.030.031,1321,1321,1321,1320.130.130.130.130.000.000.000.00
  Iran0.100.100.100.108718717627620.400.400.350.350.000.00-0.05-12.50
 
Australia0.640.650.520.522,0061,9432,2832,2835.855.805.405.400.000.00-0.40-6.90
 
Mexico0.150.200.170.151,7251,7201,6331,5971.221.581.281.10-0.18-13.73-0.48-30.38
 
Burma0.160.150.160.166606536606600.480.450.470.470.000.000.024.44
 
Others1.771.661.711.675615845585424.564.464.384.15-0.23-5.29-0.30-6.82
 
World and Selected Countries and Regions