Net sales of Upland cotton in the United States for the 2024–25 season totalled 118,700 running bales (RB), each weighing 226.8 kg (500 pounds), during the week ending May 22, 2025. This represents a decrease of 16 per cent from the previous week but an increase of 8 per cent from the prior four-week average. However, actual export shipments of Upland cotton rose during the week but declined compared to the four-week average.
According to the USDA weekly export sales report, the increases were primarily for Vietnam (65,600 RB, including 4,300 RB switched from Hong Kong, 1,500 RB from South Korea, and 900 RB from Pakistan), Bangladesh (17,300 RB, including decreases of 200 RB), Turkiye (12,400 RB, including decreases of 200 RB), Malaysia (8,800 RB), and Guatemala (8,100 RB). These were offset by reductions for Hong Kong (4,300 RB), Peru (1,800 RB), South Korea (1,500 RB), and China (200 RB).
Net sales of 13,800 RB for 2025–26 were reported for Pakistan (5,700 RB), Thailand (3,500 RB), Peru (2,600 RB), and Turkiye (2,000 RB), and were offset by a reduction for Mexico (100 RB).
Export shipments of 275,400 RB were up 10 per cent from the previous week but down 18 per cent from the prior four-week average. The primary destinations were Vietnam (117,000 RB), Pakistan (34,300 RB), Turkiye (33,900 RB), Bangladesh (18,100 RB), and Mexico (11,900 RB).
Net sales reductions of Pima cotton totalled 1,700 RB for 2024–25—a marketing-year low—marking a significant decline from both the previous week and the prior four-week average. Increases were reported for India (2,900 RB, including decreases of 500 RB), Indonesia (300 RB), China (100 RB), and South Korea (100 RB), but were offset by reductions for Colombia (3,100 RB), Vietnam (1,700 RB), Egypt (200 RB), and Hong Kong (100 RB).
Net sales of Pima cotton totalling 5,500 RB for the next season (2025–26) were primarily for Colombia (3,100 RB) and Vietnam (1,700 RB). Export shipments of 6,700 RB were down 12 per cent from the previous week and 25 per cent from the prior four-week average. The main destinations were Vietnam (2,700 RB), India (1,000 RB), China (900 RB), Ethiopia (900 RB), and Peru (700 RB).
