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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 World 32.49 31.82 31.99 31.78 775 812 777 770 115.62 118.70 114.12 112.39 -1.72 -1.51 -6.31 -5.31 United States 4.16 2.96 3.49 3.25 918 1,065 873 881 17.52 14.47 13.99 13.13 -0.86 -6.15 -1.34 -9.23 Total Foreign 28.33 28.86 28.50 28.54 754 786 765 757 98.10 104.23 100.12 99.26 -0.86 -0.86 -4.97 -4.77   South Asia     India 12.37 13.00 12.40 12.60 429 435 448 432 24.40 26.00 25.50 25.00 -0.50 -1.96 -1.00 -3.85   Pakistan 2.00 1.80 2.50 2.60 653 472 566 544 6.00 3.90 6.50 6.50 0.00 0.00 2.60 66.67   China 3.10 3.15 2.90 2.90 1,882 2,122 2,027 2,027 26.80 30.70 27.00 27.00 0.00 0.00 -3.70 -12.05   South America     Brazil 1.60 1.66 1.63 1.67 1,595 1,889 1,770 1,799 11.72 14.40 13.25 13.80 0.55 4.15 -0.60 -4.17   Argentina 0.48 0.45 0.41 0.41 624 544 611 611 1.38 1.13 1.15 1.15 0.00 0.00 0.03 2.22   Paraguay 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.03 527 877 806 806 0.05 0.14 0.10 0.10 0.00 0.00 -0.04 -29.08   Africa     Burkina Faso 0.60 0.62 0.61 0.49 351 273 330 311 0.96 0.78 0.93 0.70 -0.23 -24.32 -0.08 -9.68   Mali 0.72 0.60 0.70 0.70 432 269 389 389 1.43 0.74 1.25 1.25 0.00 0.00 0.52 70.07   Cote dchr(39)Ivoire 0.47 0.41 0.39 0.39 486 236 424 424 1.05 0.45 0.76 0.76 0.00 0.00 0.32 70.79   Benin 0.64 0.57 0.64 0.53 483 418 476 483 1.42 1.10 1.40 1.18 -0.23 -16.07 0.08 6.82   Egypt 0.09 0.14 0.15 0.11 717 661 660 693 0.28 0.43 0.46 0.35 -0.11 -23.08 -0.08 -17.65   Cameroon 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.25 606 563 568 578 0.64 0.60 0.60 0.65 0.05 8.33 0.05 8.33   Tanzania 0.24 0.35 0.35 0.35 231 218 218 218 0.26 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Nigeria 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 282 282 282 282 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Zimbabwe 0.25 0.24 0.24 0.24 191 195 195 195 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Ethiopia 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 637 637 637 637 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Former Soviet Union - 12     Uzbekistan 1.06 1.07 1.03 1.03 588 671 613 613 2.87 3.30 2.90 2.90 0.00 0.00 -0.40 -12.12   Turkmenistan 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.55 356 356 356 356 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Tajikistan 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 608 615 640 640 0.48 0.48 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.02 4.17   Kazakhstan 0.11 0.13 0.12 0.12 467 584 490 490 0.24 0.34 0.27 0.27 0.00 0.00 -0.07 -19.40   Middle East     Turkey 0.45 0.56 0.43 0.44 1,839 1,922 1,793 1,732 3.80 4.90 3.50 3.50 0.00 0.00 -1.40 -28.57   Syria 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 1,132 1,132 1,132 1,132 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00   Iran 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 871 871 762 762 0.40 0.40 0.35 0.35 0.00 0.00 -0.05 -12.50   Australia 0.64 0.65 0.52 0.52 2,006 1,943 2,283 2,283 5.85 5.80 5.40 5.40 0.00 0.00 -0.40 -6.90   Mexico 0.15 0.20 0.17 0.15 1,725 1,720 1,633 1,597 1.22 1.58 1.28 1.10 -0.18 -13.73 -0.48 -30.38   Burma 0.16 0.15 0.16 0.16 660 653 660 660 0.48 0.45 0.47 0.47 0.00 0.00 0.02 4.44   Others 1.77 1.66 1.71 1.67 561 584 558 542 4.56 4.46 4.38 4.15 -0.23 -5.29 -0.30 -6.82