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Cotton lint — Export Quantity by country

Food Balance Sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...

Countries reporting
146
Highest
2.37 million t
India
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
127 t
Years covered
53
1961–2013
Data points
8,495

What the numbers show

Cotton lint — Export Quantity is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 2.37 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 127 t, and the mean is 57,381 t.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 16,698.0%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 100.0%).

Cotton lint — Export Quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 2.37 million t 2013 up 1,385.6% volatile
2 Australia 1.17 million t 2013 up 155.1% volatile
2 Australia and New Zealand 1.17 million t 2013 up 155.1% volatile
4 Brazil 572,913 t 2013 up 226.6% volatile
5 USSR 495,000 t 1991 down 46.0% rising
6 Uzbekistan 309,602 t 2013 down 53.0% falling
7 Burkina Faso 271,193 t 2013 up 40.3% volatile
8 Greece 257,680 t 2013 down 8.5% volatile
9 Mali 162,739 t 2013 down 8.2% volatile
10 Turkmenistan 162,319 t 2013 up 39.9% volatile
11 Benin 155,986 t 2013 down 4.5% volatile
12 C�te d'Ivoire 149,556 t 2013 up 3.7% volatile
13 Pakistan 124,341 t 2013 up 125.7% volatile
14 Malaysia 93,733 t 2013 up 16,698.0% volatile
15 Cameroon 86,125 t 2013 down 6.6% volatile
16 United Republic of Tanzania 68,274 t 2013 up 69.3% rising
17 Kazakhstan 67,324 t 2013 down 36.6% volatile
18 Zimbabwe 58,391 t 2013 down 16.3% volatile
19 Mexico 54,376 t 2013 up 214.2% volatile
20 Tajikistan 51,387 t 2013 down 65.6% falling
21 T�rkiye 47,806 t 2013 down 46.0% volatile
22 Spain 47,722 t 2013 up 68.0% volatile
23 Mozambique 47,218 t 2013 up 91.3% volatile
24 Zambia 46,946 t 2013 up 69.1% volatile
25 Egypt 42,027 t 2013 down 78.6% volatile
26 Togo 33,607 t 2013 down 31.2% volatile
27 Argentina 28,891 t 2013 up 990.6% volatile
28 China, Hong Kong SAR 25,000 t 2013 up 274.5% volatile
29 Afghanistan 20,207 t 2013 up 199.3% volatile
30 Israel 18,719 t 2013 down 9.3% volatile
31 Kyrgyzstan 15,500 t 2013 down 63.5% volatile
32 Chad 14,995 t 2013 down 69.7% flat
33 Nigeria 13,580 t 2013 down 48.0% volatile
34 Paraguay 13,492 t 2013 down 76.4% volatile
35 Belgium-Luxembourg 13,083 t 1999 up 290.7% volatile
36 Senegal 12,784 t 2013 down 47.4% volatile
37 Malawi 11,445 t 2013 up 109.1% volatile
38 Germany 8,246 t 2013 down 38.2% volatile
39 Sudan (former) 7,442 t 2011 down 81.3% volatile
40 China, mainland 6,560 t 2013 down 94.1% volatile
41 Belgium 5,260 t 2013 down 64.3% volatile
42 Italy 5,151 t 2013 down 13.1% volatile
43 Madagascar 4,733 t 2013 up 105.4% volatile
44 Azerbaijan 3,973 t 2013 down 88.1% volatile
45 Ghana 3,507 t 2013 up 16.5% volatile
46 France 3,291 t 2013 down 63.7% volatile
47 Uganda 2,404 t 2013 up 44.0% volatile
48 Serbia and Montenegro 1,931 t 2005 — volatile
49 Viet Nam 1,756 t 2013 up 7,534.8% volatile
50 Czechoslovakia 1,400 t 1992 down 80.8% volatile
51 United Arab Emirates 1,388 t 2013 down 89.4% volatile
52 Thailand 1,349 t 2013 up 77.3% volatile
53 Guinea 1,315 t 2013 down 61.2% volatile
54 Yugoslav SFR 1,300 t 1991 up 437.2% volatile
55 Indonesia 892 t 2013 down 74.5% volatile
56 Portugal 806 t 2013 up 100.0% volatile
57 Republic of Korea 800 t 2013 down 34.6% volatile
58 Colombia 777 t 2013 — volatile
59 Latvia 707 t 2013 up 7,755.6% volatile
60 Austria 691 t 2013 down 48.8% volatile
61 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 482 t 2013 down 10.4% volatile
62 Peru 453 t 2013 down 83.8% volatile
63 Iraq 405 t 2013 down 92.3% volatile
64 Russian Federation 345 t 2013 up 197.4% volatile
65 Niger 338 t 2013 up 116.7% volatile
66 Mauritius 298 t 2013 up 14,800.0% volatile
67 Hungary 297 t 2013 down 91.1% volatile
68 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 248 t 2013 down 82.8% volatile
69 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 169 t 2013 down 71.9% volatile
70 Cambodia 162 t 2013 up 3,140.0% volatile
71 Switzerland 149 t 2013 down 74.8% volatile
72 Yemen 139 t 2013 — volatile
73 Sri Lanka 135 t 2013 up 321.9% volatile
74 Bulgaria 119 t 2013 down 52.6% volatile
74 Ukraine 119 t 2013 — volatile
76 Caribbean 103 t 2013 up 202.9% volatile
77 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 100 t 2013 up 4,900.0% volatile
78 China, Taiwan Province of 76 t 2013 down 95.1% volatile
79 Antigua and Barbuda 73 t 2013 — volatile
79 Costa Rica 73 t 2013 — volatile
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64 t 2013 — volatile
82 Republic of Moldova 61 t 2013 — volatile
83 Poland 60 t 2013 down 16.7% volatile
84 Guatemala 42 t 2013 down 91.4% volatile
85 Nepal 40 t 2013 down 63.0% volatile
86 Serbia 29 t 2013 — volatile
87 Czechia 28 t 2013 down 98.7% volatile
88 North Macedonia 27 t 2013 up 1,250.0% volatile
89 Barbados 26 t 2013 up 36.8% volatile
90 Lao People's Democratic Republic 22 t 2013 down 90.8% volatile
91 Eswatini 20 t 2013 down 84.8% volatile
92 Belarus 18 t 2013 up 125.0% volatile
93 Slovenia 12 t 2013 down 96.1% volatile
94 Belize 10 t 2013 down 76.2% volatile
94 Denmark 10 t 2013 up 233.3% volatile
94 Philippines 10 t 2013 down 98.2% volatile
97 Sweden 7 t 2013 down 69.6% volatile
98 Kenya 5 t 2013 down 98.3% volatile
99 Jamaica 4 t 2013 down 73.3% volatile
100 Ireland 3 t 2013 up 200.0% volatile
101 Namibia 2 t 2013 down 99.3% volatile
101 Oman 2 t 2013 — volatile
101 Tunisia 2 t 2013 down 97.7% volatile
104 Canada 1 t 2013 down 80.0% volatile
104 Morocco 1 t 2013 down 99.2% volatile
104 Slovakia 1 t 2013 down 99.7% volatile
107 Angola 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Albania 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Bangladesh 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Botswana 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Chile 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Cuba 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Dominican Republic 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Algeria 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Ecuador 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Estonia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Ethiopia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Finland 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Georgia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Gambia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Guinea-Bissau 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Grenada 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Honduras 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Croatia 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Haiti 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Jordan 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Japan 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Kuwait 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Lebanon 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Lithuania 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Malta 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Myanmar 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Mongolia 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Nicaragua 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 Norway 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 New Zealand 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Romania 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Saudi Arabia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
107 El Salvador 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Uruguay 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 t 2013 — volatile
107 Ethiopia PDR 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
107 China, Macao SAR 0 t 2013 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Cotton lint — Export Quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
178 places, 8,495 data points, 1961–2013
Last refreshed

Food Balance Sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per caput food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.