Cotton Beginning Stocks by Country in 1000 480 lb. Bales

Rank	Country	Beginning Stocks (1000 480 lb. Bales)
1	China	37,119
2	India	9,299
3	Australia	4,204
4	United States	3,150
5	Brazil	3,111
6	Argentina	2,180
7	Uzbekistan	2,000
8	Pakistan	1,850
9	Bangladesh	1,711
10	Turkey	1,410
11	Viet Nam	1,034
12	Malaysia	598
13	Turkmenistan	514
14	Indonesia	397
15	Mali	389
16	Zimbabwe	387
17	Kazakhstan	327
18	Cameroon	274
19	Iran, Islamic Republic Of	247
20	Tajikistan	244
21	Mexico	242
22	Sudan	239
23	Côte D'ivoire	219
24	Egypt	207
25	Myanmar	172
26	Paraguay	164
27	Tanzania, United Republic Of	161
28	Greece	154
29	Azerbaijan	137
30	Syrian Arab Republic	129
31	Benin	123
32	Chad	110
33	Nigeria	109
34	Zambia	108
35	Uganda	100
36	Thailand	91
37	Israel	90
38	Togo	87
39	Ethiopia	83
40	Korea, Republic Of	81
41	Afghanistan	77
42	Mozambique	76
43	Burkina Faso	56
44	South Africa	52
45	Guatemala	45
46	Taiwan, Province Of China	40
47	El Salvador	40
48	Peru	35
49	Honduras	32
50	Kyrgyzstan	32
51	Portugal	31
52	Malawi	22
53	Spain	22
54	Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of	20
55	Lesotho	20
56	Colombia	19
57	Central African Republic	17
58	Japan	17
59	Russian Federation	16
60	Madagascar	15
61	Mauritius	14
62	Costa Rica	14
63	Italy	13
64	Algeria	12
65	Nicaragua	12
66	Senegal	11
67	Germany	11
68	Kenya	10
69	Moldova, Republic Of	10
70	Iraq	10
71	Ecuador	7
72	Philippines	7
73	Bolivia	6
74	Hong Kong	6
75	France	6
76	Ghana	6
77	Bulgaria	5
78	Bahrain	5
79	Angola	5
80	Niger	5
81	Poland	4
82	Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The	4
83	Belgium-Luxembourg	4
84	Estonia	4
85	Morocco	4
86	Guinea	3
87	Belarus	3
88	Venezuela	3
89	Yemen	2
90	Netherlands	2
91	Cuba	2
92	Sri Lanka	2
93	Latvia	1
94	Lebanon	1
95	Cambodia	1
96	Dominican Republic	1
97	Haiti	1
98	Switzerland	1
99	Chile	1
100	Czech Republic	1
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
102	Albania	1
103	Austria	1
104	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of	1
105	Somalia	1
106	Tunisia	1
107	Romania	1
108	Serbia	1
109	Slovenia	1
110	Slovakia	0
111	Sweden	0
112	Singapore	0
113	Norway	0
114	Panama	0
115	Ukraine	0
116	Uruguay	0
117	Armenia	0
118	Canada	0
119	Denmark	0
120	Cyprus	0
121	Hungary	0
122	Ireland	0
123	United Kingdom	0
124	Croatia	0
125	Lithuania	0

Year of Estimate: 2024

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

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See also: Agricultural prices

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