Cotton Beginning Stocks by Country in 1000 480 lb. Bales

Rank	Country	Beginning Stocks (1000 480 lb. Bales)
1	China	30,181.00
2	Brazil	7,993.00
3	India	7,744.00
4	Australia	3,568.00
5	United States	3,350.00
6	Pakistan	2,807.00
7	Uzbekistan	1,498.00
8	Turkey	1,241.00
9	Turkmenistan	949.00
10	Argentina	921.00
11	Bangladesh	807.00
12	Mexico	710.00
13	Greece	491.00
14	Indonesia	479.00
15	Tanzania, United Republic Of	350.00
16	Tajikistan	341.00
17	Viet Nam	339.00
18	Peru	320.00
19	Mali	292.00
20	Zambia	270.00
21	Kazakhstan	266.00
22	Thailand	263.00
23	Zimbabwe	256.00
24	Korea, Republic Of	247.00
25	Burkina Faso	236.00
26	Taiwan, Province Of China	218.00
27	Egypt	214.00
28	Côte D'ivoire	198.00
29	Syrian Arab Republic	194.00
30	Iran, Islamic Republic Of	165.00
31	Benin	128.00
32	Uganda	115.00
33	Nigeria	114.00
34	Russian Federation	98.00
35	Sudan	96.00
36	Cameroon	85.00
37	Colombia	81.00
38	Malawi	81.00
39	Malaysia	71.00
40	South Africa	69.00
41	Mozambique	65.00
42	Paraguay	53.00
43	Spain	53.00
44	Togo	52.00
45	El Salvador	51.00
46	Myanmar	51.00
47	Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of	50.00
48	Azerbaijan	50.00
49	Hong Kong	49.00
50	Japan	46.00
51	Kyrgyzstan	43.00
52	Chad	38.00
53	Germany	35.00
54	Ethiopia	31.00
55	Morocco	31.00
56	Portugal	30.00
57	Iraq	30.00
58	Italy	29.00
59	Mauritius	25.00
60	Venezuela	21.00
61	Guatemala	21.00
62	Bolivia	21.00
63	Israel	20.00
64	France	15.00
65	Senegal	15.00
66	Ecuador	14.00
67	Afghanistan	13.00
68	Tunisia	13.00
69	Madagascar	11.00
70	Central African Republic	11.00
71	Belarus	10.00
72	Philippines	10.00
73	Belgium-Luxembourg	9.00
74	Bahrain	7.00
75	Yemen	7.00
76	Czech Republic	6.00
77	Ghana	6.00
78	Switzerland	5.00
79	Austria	5.00
80	Singapore	5.00
81	Moldova, Republic Of	4.00
82	Ukraine	4.00
83	Bulgaria	4.00
84	Algeria	4.00
85	Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The	4.00
86	Kenya	4.00
87	Sri Lanka	4.00
88	Guinea	3.00
89	Chile	3.00
90	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of	3.00
91	Niger	3.00
92	Netherlands	3.00
93	Poland	3.00
94	Romania	2.00
95	Nicaragua	2.00
96	Cuba	2.00
97	Angola	2.00
98	Canada	2.00
99	Albania	2.00
100	Honduras	2.00
101	Cambodia	2.00
102	Hungary	2.00
103	Lithuania	1.00
104	Lebanon	1.00
105	Croatia	1.00
106	Haiti	1.00
107	United Kingdom	1.00
108	Armenia	1.00
109	Denmark	1.00
110	Dominican Republic	1.00
111	Costa Rica	1.00
112	Serbia and Montenegro	1.00
113	Slovenia	1.00
114	Somalia	1.00
115	Uruguay	1.00
116	Slovakia	0.00
117	Sweden	0.00
118	Panama	0.00
119	Cyprus	0.00
120	Estonia	0.00
121	Ireland	0.00
122	Latvia	0.00

Year of Estimate: 2012

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

See also: Commodity prices

See also: Commodities market