In the 2020 calendar year, the global average price of cotton - from a selection of the principal upland cottons - stood at **** U.S. cents per pound. The global price of cotton was at its peak in the 2011 crop year, with an average price of *** 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 ** percent of cotton globally. Cottonseeds market Worldwide cottonseed production amounted to about **** million metric tons in 2018/2019, decreasing from around ** 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.

Cotton rose to 65.29 USd/Lbs on October 3, 2025, up 0.31% from the previous day. Over the past month, Cotton's price has risen 1.04%, but it is still 10.60% 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 October of 2025.

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.

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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.

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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.

United States Long Term Projections: Upland Cotton: Farm Price data was reported at 0.690 USD/lb in 2034. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.700 USD/lb for 2033. United States Long Term Projections: Upland Cotton: Farm Price data is updated yearly, averaging 0.690 USD/lb from Dec 2022 (Median) to 2034, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.848 USD/lb in 2022 and a record low of 0.660 USD/lb in 2025. United States Long Term Projections: Upland Cotton: Farm Price data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Department of Agriculture. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.RI012: Agricultural Projections: Upland Cotton.

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Annual cotton production in the United States grew from just a few thousand tons at the turn of the 19th century, to fluctuating between 1.6 million and 4.3 million tons throughout most of the 20th century. The amount of space used to produce cotton also grew from three to almost 18 million hectares of land between 1866 and the 1920s, before dropping to around four or five million hectares between the 1960s and 1980s. Despite this drop in land usage, advancements in agricultural technology meant that output remained relatively constant in the 20th century, meaning that output per hectare actually increased significantly.

The mechanical cotton gin's invention in 1793 revolutionized the U.S. cotton industry, which grew exponentially in the early 19th century. Cotton was the U.S.' primary export in these years, and its production was driven by slave labor in the southern states (particularly South Carolina). For the first time, output exceeded one million tons in 1859, and again in 1861, however, the disruption of the American Civil War caused cotton output to drop by over 93 percent in the next three years, to just 68 thousand tons by 1864. Production resumed upon its previous trajectory following the war's end, and many of the former-slaves forced to work on cotton plantations continued to work in the cotton industry, but as sharecroppers who worked the land in exchange for a share of the harvest, as well as housing and facilities (this was similar to tenant farming, although sharecroppers received a smaller share of the crop and had fewer legal protections).

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.