Cotton Supply and Demand

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Estimates from the World Agricultural Outlook Board of USDA

MY 2013-14

Million 480-Lb. Bales

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

World

May

84.78

117.82

39.50

110.43

39.50

92.74

84.0%

United States

May

4.00

14.00

0.01

3.50

11.50

3.00

20.0%

Total Foreign

May

80.78

103.82

39.50

106.93

28.00

89.74

66.5%

China

May

48.26

34.00

12.00

36.00

0.08

58.18

161.3%

 

Historical Data

Million 480-Lb. Bales

Marketing
Year

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

World

12/13

71.22

120.95

45.21

108.15

45.01

84.78

78.4%

11/12

49.44

125.14

45.07

103.31

45.87

71.22

68.9%

10/11

46.66

116.33

35.61

114.05

35.49

49.44

43.4%

09/10

61.54

102.16

36.35

118.64

35.56

46.66

39.3%

08/09

61.90

107.24

30.48

110.03

30.22

61.54

55.9%

07/08

62.86

119.58

39.32

123.50

38.99

61.90

50.1%

06/07

61.73

122.16

38.15

123.89

37.51

62.86

50.7%

05/06

60.62

116.35

44.67

116.83

44.82

61.73

52.8%

04/05

48.23

121.44

33.84

109.04

35.01

60.62

55.6%

03/04

47.66

96.78

34.11

98.03

33.18

48.23

49.2%

02/03

54.56

90.97

30.19

98.41

30.42

47.66

48.4%

01/02

49.44

98.67

29.31

94.46

29.11

54.56

57.8%

00/01

51.14

89.10

26.23

92.17

26.20

49.44

53.6%

99/00

52.85

87.92

27.98

91.09

27.13

51.14

56.1%

98/99

49.47

86.07

24.48

84.77

23.52

52.85

62.4%

97/98

44.63

92.37

25.93

87.27

26.78

49.47

56.7%

96/97

40.13

90.05

28.58

87.94

26.78

44.63

50.8%

95/96

32.01

93.90

27.00

85.94

27.40

40.13

46.7%

United States

12/13

3.35

17.32

0.01

3.40

13.25

4.00

24.0%

11/12

2.60

15.57

0.02

3.30

11.71

3.35

22.3%

10/11

2.95

18.10

0.01

3.90

14.38

2.60

14.2%

09/10

6.34

12.19

0.00

3.55

12.04

2.95

18.9%

08/09

10.05

12.82

0.00

3.54

13.26

6.34

37.7%

07/08

9.48

19.21

0.01

4.58

13.63

10.05

55.2%

06/07

6.07

21.59

0.02

4.94

12.96

9.48

53.0%

05/06

5.50

23.89

0.03

5.87

17.67

6.07

25.8%

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

12/13

67.87

103.63

45.21

104.75

31.76

80.78

59.2%

11/12

46.84

109.57

45.05

100.01

34.15

67.87

50.6%

10/11

43.71

98.23

35.60

110.15

21.11

46.84

35.7%

09/10

55.21

89.97

36.35

115.09

23.53

43.71

31.5%

08/09

51.84

94.43

30.48

106.49

16.95

55.21

44.7%

07/08

53.38

100.37

39.31

118.91

25.35

51.84

35.9%

06/07

55.66

100.57

38.13

118.96

24.55

53.38

37.2%

05/06 55.13 92.46 44.64 110.96 27.15 55.66 40.3%
04/05 44.78 98.19 33.81 102.35 20.57 55.13 44.8%
03/04 42.27 78.52 34.07 91.76 19.42 44.78 40.3%
02/03 47.11 73.76 30.12 91.14 18.52 42.27 38.5%
01/02 43.44 78.37 29.28 86.76 18.11 47.11 44.9%
00/01 47.23 71.91 26.21 83.31 19.46 43.44 42.3%
99/00 48.91 70.96 27.88 80.89 20.38 47.23 46.6%
98/99 45.58 72.16 24.04 74.36 19.22 48.91 52.3%
97/98 40.66 73.58 25.92 75.92 19.28 45.58 47.9%
96/97 37.52 71.11 28.18 76.81 19.91 40.66 42.0%
95/96 29.36 76.00 26.60 75.29 19.72 37.52 39.5%

China

12/13

31.08

35.00

18.25

36.00

0.08

48.26

133.8%

11/12

10.60

34.00

24.53

38.00

0.06

31.08

81.7%

10/11

14.25

30.50

11.98

46.00

0.12

10.60

23.0%

09/10

21.37

32.00

10.90

50.00

0.02

14.25

28.5%

08/09

20.50

36.70

7.00

44.00

0.08

21.37

48.5%

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%