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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
World32.4931.86 31.54776795 799115.78116.36 115.69-0.66-0.57
United States4.162.96 3.529181,065 95817.5214.47 15.501.037.13
Total Foreign28.3328.90 28.02755768 77998.26101.89 100.19-1.70-1.66
 
South Asia 
  India12.3713.0012.4042941044824.4024.5025.501.004.08
  Pakistan2.001.801.806534726416.003.905.301.4035.90
 
China3.103.102.951,8822,1562,03026.8030.7027.50-3.20-10.42
 
South America 
  Brazil1.601.631.631,5951,7361,77011.7213.0013.250.251.92
  Argentina0.480.400.416806266901.501.151.300.1513.04
  Paraguay0.020.040.035278778060.050.140.10-0.04-29.08
 
Africa 
  Burkina Faso0.600.620.613513163300.960.900.930.032.78
  Mali0.720.690.704323163891.431.001.250.2525.00
  Cote dchr(39)Ivoire0.470.410.394862664241.050.500.760.2652.00
  Benin0.640.580.644834924761.421.301.400.107.69
  Egypt0.090.140.157176616600.280.430.460.037.06
  Cameroon0.230.230.236066155680.640.650.60-0.05-7.69
  Tanzania0.240.350.352312182180.260.350.350.000.00
  Nigeria0.270.270.272822822820.350.350.350.000.00
  Zimbabwe0.250.240.241911951950.220.220.220.000.00
  Ethiopia0.080.080.086376376370.240.240.240.000.00
 
Former Soviet Union - 12 
  Uzbekistan1.061.071.035966926552.903.403.10-0.30-8.82
  Turkmenistan0.550.550.553563563560.900.900.900.000.00
  Tajikistan0.170.170.176086156400.480.480.500.024.17
  Kazakhstan0.110.130.124675845260.240.340.29-0.05-13.43
 
Middle East 
  Turkey0.450.560.431,8391,9221,7933.804.903.50-1.40-28.57
  Syria0.030.030.031,1321,1321,1320.130.130.130.000.00
  Iran0.100.100.108718718710.400.400.400.000.00
 
Australia0.640.680.652,0061,7511,9435.855.505.800.305.45
 
Mexico0.150.200.171,7251,7291,6331.221.581.28-0.31-19.30
 
Burma0.160.150.166606536600.480.450.470.024.44
 
Others1.771.701.745615765414.564.494.33-0.16-3.56
 
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