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Table 17 Cotton Area, Yield, and Production    Date Created  05/12/2023 12:03:14 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 nr May 2021/22 Prel. 2022/23 nr May 2021/22 Prel. 2022/23 nr May MBales Percent MBales Percent World 32.49 31.86 31.54 776 795 799 115.78 116.36 115.69 -0.66 -0.57 United States 4.16 2.96 3.52 918 1,065 958 17.52 14.47 15.50 1.03 7.13 Total Foreign 28.33 28.90 28.02 755 768 779 98.26 101.89 100.19 -1.70 -1.66   South Asia     India 12.37 13.00 12.40 429 410 448 24.40 24.50 25.50 1.00 4.08   Pakistan 2.00 1.80 1.80 653 472 641 6.00 3.90 5.30 1.40 35.90   China 3.10 3.10 2.95 1,882 2,156 2,030 26.80 30.70 27.50 -3.20 -10.42   South America     Brazil 1.60 1.63 1.63 1,595 1,736 1,770 11.72 13.00 13.25 0.25 1.92   Argentina 0.48 0.40 0.41 680 626 690 1.50 1.15 1.30 0.15 13.04   Paraguay 0.02 0.04 0.03 527 877 806 0.05 0.14 0.10 -0.04 -29.08   Africa     Burkina Faso 0.60 0.62 0.61 351 316 330 0.96 0.90 0.93 0.03 2.78   Mali 0.72 0.69 0.70 432 316 389 1.43 1.00 1.25 0.25 25.00   Cote dchr(39)Ivoire 0.47 0.41 0.39 486 266 424 1.05 0.50 0.76 0.26 52.00   Benin 0.64 0.58 0.64 483 492 476 1.42 1.30 1.40 0.10 7.69   Egypt 0.09 0.14 0.15 717 661 660 0.28 0.43 0.46 0.03 7.06   Cameroon 0.23 0.23 0.23 606 615 568 0.64 0.65 0.60 -0.05 -7.69   Tanzania 0.24 0.35 0.35 231 218 218 0.26 0.35 0.35 0.00 0.00   Nigeria 0.27 0.27 0.27 282 282 282 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.00 0.00   Zimbabwe 0.25 0.24 0.24 191 195 195 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.00 0.00   Ethiopia 0.08 0.08 0.08 637 637 637 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.00 0.00   Former Soviet Union - 12     Uzbekistan 1.06 1.07 1.03 596 692 655 2.90 3.40 3.10 -0.30 -8.82   Turkmenistan 0.55 0.55 0.55 356 356 356 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.00 0.00   Tajikistan 0.17 0.17 0.17 608 615 640 0.48 0.48 0.50 0.02 4.17   Kazakhstan 0.11 0.13 0.12 467 584 526 0.24 0.34 0.29 -0.05 -13.43   Middle East     Turkey 0.45 0.56 0.43 1,839 1,922 1,793 3.80 4.90 3.50 -1.40 -28.57   Syria 0.03 0.03 0.03 1,132 1,132 1,132 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.00 0.00   Iran 0.10 0.10 0.10 871 871 871 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.00 0.00   Australia 0.64 0.68 0.65 2,006 1,751 1,943 5.85 5.50 5.80 0.30 5.45   Mexico 0.15 0.20 0.17 1,725 1,729 1,633 1.22 1.58 1.28 -0.31 -19.30   Burma 0.16 0.15 0.16 660 653 660 0.48 0.45 0.47 0.02 4.44   Others 1.77 1.70 1.74 561 576 541 4.56 4.49 4.33 -0.16 -3.56