This statistic shows the average cotton price per pound as received by U.S. farmers from 2007 to 2024. In the 2023 calendar year, a U.S. cotton farmer received an average price of 79 cents per one pound of upland cotton.

Cotton fell to 66.13 USd/Lbs on July 11, 2025, down 0.06% from the previous day. Over the past month, Cotton's price has risen 1.49%, but it is still 3.81% lower than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Cotton - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

In the 2020 calendar year, the global average price of cotton - from a selection of the principal upland cottons - stood at 64.3 U.S. cents per pound. The global price of cotton was at its peak in the 2011 crop year, with an average price of 136 cents per pound.

Cotton in the U.S.
The average farm price in the United States received by cotton growers, has been growing in the past few years. The United States is the leading global cotton exporter, and is among the leading cotton producers worldwide after India and China. As of 2017/2018, the United States produced about 17 percent of cotton globally.

Cottonseeds market
Worldwide cottonseed production amounted to about 43.5 million metric tons in 2018/2019, decreasing from around 45 million metric tons in the previous year. In that year, India and China were by far the main cottonseed producers worldwide, followed by Pakistan and Brazil.

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This statistic shows the upland spot cotton price per pound in the United States from 1990 to 2018. In calendar year 2017, the average spot price per one pound of upland cotton was about 86.4 U.S. cents.

Graph and download economic data for Wholesale Price of Cotton Yarn, Mills for United States (M0400CUSM267NNBR) from Jan 1947 to Aug 1956 about cotton, mills, wholesale, and USA.

This statistic shows the total cotton supply volume worldwide from 1990 to 2023, with a forecast for 2024. In 2023, cotton supply worldwide amounted to some ***** million 480-pound bales and is forecast to increase the following year.

Dataset Information

This dataset includes daily price data for various commodities.

  Instruments Included

BDIY: Baltic Dry Index BEEF: Beef (dollars per pound) BIT: Bitumen (dollars per metric ton) C1: Corn (dollars per bushel) CC1: Cocoa (dollars per metric ton) CHE: Cheese (dollars per pound) CL1: Crude Oil (dollars per barrel) CO1: Brent Crude Oil (dollars per barrel) CRYTR: CRB Index CT1: Cotton (cents per pound) DA: Milk (dollars per hundredweight) DL1: Ethanol… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/paperswithbacktest/Commodities-Daily-Price.

Between 1699 and 1808, British exports to Africa totaled at over 43 million British pounds sterling. Exported textiles generated over two thirds of these 43 million pounds, totaling at almost 29 million pounds. Re-exported cotton from India made up the largest share of British textile exports to Africa in most decades, and made up almost forty percent of all textile income in the given years. In the early-1700s, however, woolen products were the most popular, while the export of British cottons increased drastically from the mid-18th> century.

These exports played a fundamental role in the triangular trade system of the 18th century, as their primary purpose was to be traded for African slaves, who were then transported to the Americas.

This statistic represents the estimated value of fairtrade cotton retail sales in the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2012. Between 2005 and 2008 sales grew rapidily, reaching a peak of 77.9 million British pounds in 2008. This was followed by a steady decline in spending, with fairtrade cotton sales valuing 39.5 million pounds in 2012.