Cotton lint, ginned — Import quantity by country
Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
2.00 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Uruguay
Median
67.93 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,621
What the numbers show
Cotton lint, ginned — Import quantity is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 2.00 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 67.93 t, and the mean is 52,244 t.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Turkmenistan (up 232,141.0%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 100.0%).
Cotton lint, ginned — Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2.00 million t | 2023 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 2 | China, mainland | 1.95 million t | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 1.21 million t | 2023 | up 107.6% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 1.05 million t | 2023 | up 133.8% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 749,708 t | 2023 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 417,056 t | 2023 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Indonesia | 366,718 t | 2023 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 28,728 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 6 | Egypt | 220,175 t | 2023 | up 210.7% | volatile |
| 7 | India | 211,001 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 356 t | 2018 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Malaysia | 151,444 t | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 214.02 t | 2023 | up 4,180.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Thailand | 102,638 t | 2023 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 87,079 t | 2023 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 85.44 t | 2021 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Republic of Korea | 73,021 t | 2023 | down 75.2% | falling |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 52.1 t | 2023 | up 6,412.5% | volatile |
| 12 | China, Taiwan Province of | 48,791 t | 2023 | down 76.3% | falling |
| 12 | Syrian Arab Republic | 30.77 t | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Guatemala | 38,322 t | 2023 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 8.54 t | 2022 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 14 | El Salvador | 35,822 t | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 1.84 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Honduras | 31,928 t | 2023 | up 915.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.38 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Peru | 30,566 t | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 16 | Melanesia | 0.36 t | 2023 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Portugal | 29,574 t | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 0.23 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Italy | 22,526 t | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 18 | Micronesia | 0.03 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Mauritius | 19,510 t | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 16,272 t | 2023 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 21 | Turkmenistan | 15,142 t | 2023 | up 232,141.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Algeria | 12,783 t | 2023 | up 286.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Nicaragua | 12,384 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 11,172 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 10,929 t | 2023 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Ecuador | 7,766 t | 2023 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 27 | Bahrain | 6,825 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 27 | Caribbean | 25.99 t | 2023 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 28 | France | 6,825 t | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.87 t | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Philippines | 6,130 t | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 0.21 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Greece | 5,714 t | 2023 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 31 | Poland | 5,695 t | 2023 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 32 | Morocco | 4,870 t | 2023 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Belgium | 3,902 t | 2023 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 34 | Estonia | 3,298 t | 2023 | up 109,843.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Djibouti | 3,201 t | 2021 | up 2,440.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 3,164 t | 2023 | up 3,063.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Spain | 3,130 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 38 | Lesotho | 2,672 t | 2023 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 2,283 t | 2023 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 40 | Brazil | 1,747 t | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Belarus | 1,522 t | 2023 | down 89.0% | falling |
| 42 | Slovenia | 1,469 t | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 43 | Czechia | 1,093 t | 2023 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Mozambique | 1,006 t | 2023 | up 100,533.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 987 t | 2021 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 952.34 t | 2023 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 47 | South Africa | 909.13 t | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Tunisia | 897.17 t | 2023 | down 91.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 867.17 t | 2023 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 50 | Colombia | 814.17 t | 2023 | down 97.5% | falling |
| 51 | Serbia | 806.9 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 774.63 t | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 527.81 t | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 467.41 t | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Israel | 418.54 t | 2023 | up 1,394.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Latvia | 413.42 t | 2023 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Cuba | 375 t | 2017 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 58 | Paraguay | 354.89 t | 2023 | up 69.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Ukraine | 329.38 t | 2023 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Canada | 317.96 t | 2023 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Gambia | 307.22 t | 2023 | up 5,020.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 291.15 t | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Kenya | 278.74 t | 2023 | up 248.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Hungary | 267.8 t | 2023 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 65 | Chile | 236.89 t | 2023 | up 464.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Switzerland | 236.51 t | 2023 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Ghana | 200.62 t | 2023 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Myanmar | 182.31 t | 2023 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Austria | 157.24 t | 2023 | down 97.4% | falling |
| 70 | Romania | 149.22 t | 2023 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Armenia | 133.52 t | 2023 | up 102.3% | rising |
| 72 | Cambodia | 126.77 t | 2023 | up 158.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 123.41 t | 2022 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 74 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 121.47 t | 2023 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 114.48 t | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Uganda | 109 t | 2022 | up 1,716.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Cyprus | 87.04 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Mauritania | 83.64 t | 2023 | up 234.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Croatia | 77.68 t | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Lebanon | 70.5 t | 2023 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Kuwait | 67.93 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Rwanda | 62.57 t | 2022 | up 6,157.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Iraq | 60.5 t | 2023 | up 1,412.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Cameroon | 60.1 t | 2023 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Ethiopia | 52.8 t | 2023 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Angola | 52.12 t | 2023 | up 644.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Qatar | 50.66 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Botswana | 44.38 t | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Denmark | 34.14 t | 2023 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovakia | 33.78 t | 2023 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Australia and New Zealand | 29.14 t | 2023 | up 264.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Australia | 28.86 t | 2023 | up 260.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Malta | 24.97 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Nigeria | 22.07 t | 2023 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Oman | 18.75 t | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Georgia | 17.1 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Namibia | 14.67 t | 2023 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Bahamas | 13.74 t | 2023 | up 129.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Ireland | 12.77 t | 2023 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Niger | 12.34 t | 2023 | up 1,134.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Zambia | 10.31 t | 2023 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Mongolia | 7.5 t | 2022 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.07 t | 2023 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.92 t | 2023 | up 146.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 4.19 t | 2023 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 4.15 t | 2023 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Norway | 3.88 t | 2023 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Sweden | 3.45 t | 2023 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Papua New Guinea | 3.41 t | 2021 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Guyana | 3.06 t | 2023 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Libya | 2.41 t | 2022 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 2.24 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Jamaica | 1.89 t | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Comoros | 1.41 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Albania | 1.26 t | 2023 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Seychelles | 0.82 t | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Finland | 0.78 t | 2023 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Lithuania | 0.72 t | 2023 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Madagascar | 0.61 t | 2023 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Eswatini | 0.6 t | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Guinea | 0.52 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.42 t | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Burkina Faso | 0.38 t | 2023 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 124 | New Caledonia | 0.36 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | New Zealand | 0.28 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Gabon | 0.27 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Iceland | 0.23 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 127 | French Polynesia | 0.23 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Senegal | 0.18 t | 2023 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 130 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.17 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Kiribati | 0.16 t | 2021 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Congo | 0.15 t | 2023 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Solomon Islands | 0.14 t | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Yemen | 0.14 t | 2022 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Suriname | 0.11 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 0.09 t | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 0.08 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Argentina | 0.05 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.05 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.04 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.04 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 0.03 t | 2021 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Haiti | 0.02 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Saint Lucia | 0.02 t | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Panama | 0.02 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.01 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Barbados | 0.01 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Fiji | 0.01 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Malawi | 0.01 t | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Samoa | 0.01 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 146 | China, Macao SAR | 0.01 t | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Grenada | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Jordan | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Montenegro | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 0 t | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Uruguay | 0 t | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 7.03 million t
- Asia 6.39 million t
- Eastern Asia 2.07 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 1.83 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.06 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.82 million t
- Southern Asia 1.71 million t
- Western Asia 757,897 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 19,543 t
- Africa 264,190 t
- Americas 258,717 t
- Northern Africa 238,725 t
- Middle Africa 113.06 t
- Central America 216,706 t
- Europe 119,259 t
- European Union (27) 104,000 t
- Southern Europe 64,719 t
- South America 41,488 t
- Western Europe 28,350 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 22,949 t
- Eastern Europe 22,302 t
- Eastern Africa 21,074 t
- Central Asia 18,311 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 5,309 t
- Northern Europe 3,889 t
- Southern Africa 3,641 t
- Western Africa 637.19 t
- Northern America 496.75 t
- United States of America 178.79 t
- Oceania 29.72 t
About this data
Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.