Cotton Supply and Demand

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Estimates from the World Agricultural Outlook Board of USDA

MY 2010-11

Million 480-Lb. Bales

Month Beginning Stocks Production Imports Mill Use Exports Ending Stocks S-U-R
Ratio

World

May

52.75

113.88

35.73

119.08

35.72

50.13

42.1%

June

52.21

114.32

36.12

119.49

36.14

49.59

41.5%

July

50.99

116.02

37.05

119.70

37.02

49.91

41.7%

August

47.58

116.85

38.25

120.87

38.24

45.61

37.7%

United States

May

3.10

16.70

0.00

3.30

13.50

3.00

17.9%

June

2.90

16.70

0.00

3.30

13.50

2.80

16.7%

July

2.90

18.30

0.00

3.40

14.30

3.50

19.8%

August

3.10

18.53

0.01

3.40

15.00

3.20

17.4%

Total Foreign

May

49.65

97.18

35.73

115.78

22.22

47.13

34.2%

June

49.31

97.62

36.12

116.19

22.64

46.79

33.7%

July

48.09

97.72

37.05

116.30

22.72

46.41

33.4%

August

44.48

98.32

38.24

117.47

23.24

42.41

30.1%

China

May

19.84

33.00

11.50

49.00

0.03

17.82

36.3%

June

20.64

33.00

11.50

49.00

0.03

18.62

38.0%

July

20.49

33.00

11.65

49.00

0.03

18.62

38.0%

August

19.28

33.00

12.50

50.00

0.03

16.76

33.5%

 

Historical Data

Million 480-Lb. Bales

Marketing
Year

Beginning Stocks Production Imports Mill Use Exports Ending Stocks S-U-R
Ratio

World

09/10

60.53

102.15

36.21

117.71

35.65

47.58

40.4%

08/09

60.69

107.16

30.07

109.94

30.11

60.53

55.1%

07/08

62.11

119.75

38.99

123.34

39.00

60.69

49.2%

06/07

61.84

121.75

38.06

123.80

37.58

62.11

50.2%

05/06

60.58

116.48

44.77

116.78

44.82

61.84

53.0%

04/05

48.08

121.57

33.84

109.07

35.01

60.58

55.5%

03/04

47.63

96.73

34.11

98.07

33.20

48.08

49.0%

02/03

54.53

90.98

30.19

98.39

30.46

47.63

48.4%

01/02

49.41

98.70

29.30

94.44

29.15

54.53

57.7%

00/01

51.10

89.10

26.23

92.16

26.20

49.41

53.6%

99/00

52.82

87.96

27.98

91.08

27.17

51.10

56.1%

98/99

49.41

86.10

24.48

84.76

23.52

52.82

62.3%

97/98

44.61

92.28

25.93

87.27

26.72

49.41

56.6%

96/97

40.10

90.12

28.58

87.94

26.84

44.61

50.7%

95/96

31.99

93.87

27.00

85.94

27.36

40.10

46.7%

United States

09/10

6.34

12.19

0.00

3.40

12.00

3.10

20.1%

08/09

10.05

12.82

0.00

3.59

13.28

6.34

37.6%

07/08

9.48

19.21

0.01

4.58

13.65

10.05

55.1%

06/07

6.07

21.59

0.02

4.94

13.01

9.48

52.8%

05/06

5.50

23.89

0.03

5.87

17.55

6.07

25.9%

04/05

3.45

23.25

0.03

6.69

14.44

5.50

26.0%

03/04

5.39

18.26

0.05

6.27

13.76

3.45

17.2%

02/03

7.45

17.21

0.07

7.27

11.90

5.39

28.1%

01/02

6.00

20.30

0.02

7.70

11.00

7.45

39.8%

00/01

3.92

17.19

0.02

8.86

6.74

6.00

38.5%

99/00

3.94

16.97

0.10

10.19

6.75

3.92

23.1%

98/99

3.89

13.92

0.44

10.40

4.30

3.94

26.8%

97/98

3.97

18.79

0.01

11.35

7.50

3.89

20.6%

96/97

2.61

18.94

0.40

11.13

6.87

3.97

22.1%

95/96

2.65

17.90

0.41

10.65

7.68

2.61

14.2%

Total Foreign

09/10

54.20

89.96

36.21

114.31

23.65

44.48

32.2%

08/09

50.64

94.34

30.07

106.35

16.83

54.20

44.0%

07/08

52.63

100.54

38.98

118.75

25.34

50.64

35.1%

06/07

55.77

100.16

38.04

118.86

24.57

52.63

36.7%

05/06 55.08 92.59 44.74 110.91 27.27 55.77 40.4%
04/05 44.63 98.32 33.81 102.38 20.58 55.08 44.8%
03/04 42.24 78.48 34.07 91.81 19.44 44.63 40.1%
02/03 47.08 73.77 30.12 91.12 18.56 42.24 38.5%
01/02 43.41 78.40 29.28 86.75 18.15 47.08 44.9%
00/01 47.19 71.91 26.21 83.30 19.46 43.41 42.2%
99/00 48.88 70.99 27.88 80.89 20.42 47.19 46.6%
98/99 45.52 72.18 24.04 74.36 19.23 48.88 52.2%
97/98 40.64 73.49 25.92 75.92 19.22 45.52 47.8%
96/97 37.50 71.18 28.17 76.81 19.97 40.64 42.0%
95/96 29.34 75.97 26.59 75.29 19.69 37.50 39.5%

China

09/10

22.37

32.50

10.94

48.50

0.03

19.28

39.7%

08/09

20.50

36.70

7.00

44.00

0.08

22.37

50.7%

07/08

20.54

37.00

11.53

51.00

0.06

20.50

40.2%

06/07

22.54

35.50

10.59

50.00

0.09

20.54

41.0%

05/06 18.39 28.40 19.28 45.00 0.04 22.54 50.0%
04/05 18.98 30.30 6.39 38.50 0.03 18.39 47.7%
03/04 17.47 23.80 8.83 32.00 0.17 18.98 59.0%
02/03 18.85 25.20 3.13 29.90 0.75 17.47 57.0%
01/02 19.74 24.40 0.45 26.25 0.34 18.85 70.9%
00/01 22.38 20.30 0.23 23.50 0.44 19.74 82.5%
99/00 26.93 17.60 0.12 21.30 1.69 22.38 97.3%
98/99 24.55 20.70 0.33 18.70 0.68 26.93 139.0%
97/98 20.20 21.10 1.73 19.15 0.03 24.55 128.0%
96/97 16.74 19.30 3.49 19.95 0.01 20.20 101.2%
95/96 10.78 21.90 2.91 19.40 0.02 16.74 86.2%