List of countries by raw cotton exports

The following is a list of countries by raw cotton exports, using the Harmonised System code 5201.

International Trade Centre

Data is for 2024, in thousands of United States dollars and tons.

List of countries by raw cotton exports (2024)[1]
Country Value exported
(thousands USD) 		Trade balance
(thousands USD) 		Quantity exported
(tons)
 World 17,357,728 872,384 9,020,451
Brazil 5,154,943 5,150,527 2,774,346
United States 5,007,819 5,005,527 2,491,893
Australia 2,520,662 2,520,627 1,225,329
India 918,281 −86,397 464,999
Benin 500,888 496,299 259,466
Turkey 478,060 −1,046,853 253,004
Greece 465,951 461,381 254,348
Burkina Faso 332,854 332,828 176,103
Côte d'Ivoire 274,626 274,523 147,363
Afghanistan 226,301 226,301 111,111
Azerbaijan 177,120 177,101 118,515
Egypt 153,034 −118,193 77,003
Kazakhstan 149,150 148,972 94,665
Argentina 140,722 140,427 129,758
Sudan 93,874 93,873 49,176
Mali 62,674 62,542 33,523
Tanzania 61,916 61,857 48,313
Spain 57,627 47,844 0
Syria 51,892 51,842 34,165
Tajikistan 51,860 51,837 28,268
Togo 51,860 51,859 28,720
Paraguay 48,553 48,547 30,737
China 47,656 −5,270,320 21,141
Israel 37,057 29,721 18,646
Cameroon 36,423 36,423 18,655
Kyrgyzstan 19,511 19,510 11,173
South Africa 18,353 17,433 11,137
Mexico 17,858 −158,909 9,995
Zimbabwe 15,636 13,634 10,370
Zambia 14,576 14,493 8,830
Chad 13,976 13,976 7,315
Myanmar 13,637 13,339 6,166
Malaysia 12,827 −289,049 7,008
Turkmenistan 11,612 −8,334 8,127
Uganda 11,287 11,282 6,369
Senegal 10,819 10,797 5,571
Italy 10,038 −41,551 0
Mozambique 10,029 9,267 5,880
Mauritania 9,925 9,921 8,497
Portugal 7,316 −51,215 0
Nigeria 6,967 6,799 4,872
Germany 5,892 −29,370 1,545
Indonesia 5,845 −805,438 3,402
United Kingdom 4,288 504 140
Pakistan 3,307 −741,124 1,841
France 3,076 −30,010 959
Madagascar 2,838 2,835 2,167
Taiwan 2,246 −41,369 988
Netherlands 2,171 1,115 0
Malawi 2,035 1,995 549
Jamaica 1,991 1,972 675
Guinea 1,904 1,903 1,001
Ethiopia 1,852 1,852 1,170
South Korea 1,529 −134,995 876
Denmark 1,152 20 0
Hungary 1,144 161 245
Guatemala 982 −117,194 377
Peru 910 −92,096 242
Belgium 816 −4,175 667
Vietnam 778 −2,466,100 353
Ireland 739 400 68
Poland 724 −12,773 299
Thailand 577 −188,038 196
Singapore 409 24 68
Sweden 390 284 182
 Switzerland 380 142 59
Iran 380 −34,712 214
Eswatini 355 281 202
Uzbekistan 301 277 114
Bangladesh 287 −2,553,331 294
Bosnia and Herzegovina 230 −3,142 43
Iraq 217 165 161
Slovakia 205 −700 3
Romania 198 −182 45
El Salvador 142 −92,661 60
Mauritius 125 −35,532 63
Norway 121 −181 4
Tokelau 98 −401 43
Slovenia 94 −2,611 20
Morocco 87 −7,261 64
Bulgaria 69 −4,652 7
Barbados 67 65 5
United Arab Emirates 65 −22,559 28
Saudi Arabia 53 −1,747 143
Namibia 50 −90 2
Philippines 49 −6,245 34
Oman 45 14 0
Austria 38 −68 9
Kenya 30 −1,828 6
Latvia 29 −1,969 12
Hong Kong 27 14 21
  Nepal 23 −1,009 6
Japan 22 −64,238 0
Congo 19 18 0
Czech Republic 16 −2,925 3
Lesotho 16 −25,774 40
Panama 14 2 3
Trinidad and Tobago 14 13 0
Bahrain 13 −7,679 3
Canada 12 −1,112 4
Ghana 9 −61 1
Gambia 6 −57 6
Guyana 6 −11 0
Serbia 6 −1,623 12
Finland 5 −29 0
Jordan 5 −714 0
Lebanon 5 1 0
Lithuania 5 −7 0
Croatia 5 −272 13
Sri Lanka 4 −210 1
Samoa 4 −58 0
New Zealand 3 −15 0
Fiji 3 0 0
Colombia 2 −10,397 0
Qatar 2 −52 0
Tunisia 2 −3,861 0
Ukraine 1 −902 1
Costa Rica 1 −34,334 135
Greenland 1 −142 0
Angola 1 −274 0

Observatory of Economic Complexity

Data is for 2023, in United States dollars.

List of countries by raw cotton exports (2023)[2]
Country Trade value
United States 6,003,369,033
Brazil 3,074,138,579
Australia 2,811,045,476
India 758,883,922
Turkey 586,394,451
Benin 503,512,141
Greece 464,391,527
Burkina Faso 262,056,156
Sudan 246,492,059
Egypt 228,156,251
Cote d'Ivoire 203,746,762
Mexico 142,632,914
Kazakhstan 141,451,588
Afghanistan 135,051,803
Azerbaijan 122,748,993
Tanzania 102,066,153
Tajikistan 91,805,986
Argentina 68,757,519
Pakistan 67,934,557
Spain 63,222,518
Sri Lanka 59,866,026
Mali 54,271,028
Syria 48,641,073
Israel 42,837,625
Kyrgyzstan 42,156,840
Cameroon 37,437,261
Zambia 30,800,283
Paraguay 29,560,672
Zimbabwe 26,116,089
Myanmar 24,624,044
Mozambique 21,544,847
China 17,928,262
Malaysia 15,525,471
Nigeria 14,476,085
Senegal 14,247,201
Uganda 13,107,824
Chad 11,940,829
Germany 10,857,918
Italy 8,724,791
South Africa 8,543,799
Peru 7,908,091
Indonesia 7,844,835
Togo 7,555,731
Malawi 7,056,886
Turkmenistan 5,856,970
France 4,990,185
Portugal 4,422,977
Madagascar 3,367,649
Netherlands 3,176,277
Ethiopia 2,177,150
Japan 2,063,059
Hungary 1,845,702
Belgium 1,697,955
Austria 1,581,891
Central African Republic 1,366,401
Jamaica 1,339,675
 Switzerland 1,250,217
Thailand 1,028,359
Czech Republic 835,207
United Arab Emirates 746,620
Kenya 734,716
Bulgaria 491,940
Morocco 475,039
Vietnam 474,965
Slovakia 463,092
Uzbekistan 436,477
El Salvador 389,861
United Kingdom 385,076
Bangladesh 381,060
Jordan 319,148
Eswatini 291,855
Cyprus 247,549
Saudi Arabia 242,502
Latvia 235,639
Bosnia and Herzegovina 229,959
Russia 222,168
Philippines 197,901
Estonia 187,364
Barbados 172,581
Poland 157,123
Sweden 148,461
Tunisia 142,757
Guatemala 136,081
Canada 94,217
Singapore 79,396
Romania 70,094
Iran 63,902
Colombia 56,411
Denmark 50,223
Lithuania 47,090
Taiwan 45,785
South Korea 44,304
Hong Kong 42,699
Ghana 41,842
Norway 39,439
South Sudan 36,907
Iraq 24,165
Mauritius 19,352
Namibia 13,985
Finland 11,615
Croatia 10,538
Chile 7,733
Costa Rica 6,995
Lesotho 6,437
  Nepal 5,652
Ireland 5,468
Nicaragua 5,223
Serbia 5,050
Trinidad and Tobago 2,932
Angola 2,703
Panama 2,339
New Zealand 1,788
Armenia 1,477
Ukraine 821
Slovenia 631
Luxembourg 630
Greenland 353
Malta 234
Bolivia 155
Guinea 125
Gambia 92
Cambodia 85
Uruguay 57
Botswana 51
North Macedonia 48
Andorra 18
Qatar 17
Bahrain 4
Dominican Republic 2
Haiti 2

References

  1. ^ "Trade Map - List of exporters for the selected product in 2024 (Cotton, neither carded nor combed)". www.trademap.org. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  2. ^ "Which countries export Raw Cotton? (2023)". The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
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