Cotton Beginning Stocks by Country in 1000 480 lb. Bales

Rank	Country	Beginning Stocks (1000 480 lb. Bales)
1	China	39,139
2	Brazil	15,351
3	India	11,096
4	Australia	3,940
5	Turkey	3,605
6	United States	3,200
7	Uzbekistan	1,890
8	Bangladesh	1,881
9	Argentina	1,880
10	Pakistan	1,500
11	Malaysia	1,213
12	Viet Nam	975
13	Turkmenistan	714
14	Mexico	645
15	Benin	438
16	Mali	361
17	Indonesia	349
18	Zimbabwe	290
19	Greece	288
20	Iran, Islamic Republic Of	247
21	Tajikistan	239
22	Sudan	234
23	Cameroon	229
24	Kazakhstan	217
25	Egypt	215
26	Tanzania, United Republic Of	170
27	Zambia	146
28	Thailand	145
29	Syrian Arab Republic	134
30	Chad	125
31	Uganda	122
32	Korea, Republic Of	119
33	Ethiopia	110
34	Nigeria	109
35	Burkina Faso	106
36	Azerbaijan	106
37	Malawi	94
38	Paraguay	94
39	Côte D'ivoire	93
40	Myanmar	80
41	Mozambique	76
42	Peru	62
43	Spain	61
44	Taiwan, Province Of China	56
45	Togo	52
46	El Salvador	48
47	South Africa	41
48	Guatemala	41
49	Israel	36
50	Portugal	33
51	Colombia	26
52	Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of	25
53	Italy	23
54	Venezuela	23
55	Nicaragua	22
56	Mauritius	22
57	Japan	22
58	Lesotho	20
59	Central African Republic	18
60	Algeria	18
61	Afghanistan	17
62	Kyrgyzstan	15
63	Iraq	15
64	Madagascar	15
65	Moldova, Republic Of	14
66	Germany	14
67	Ecuador	12
68	Honduras	12
69	Philippines	12
70	Costa Rica	11
71	Kenya	10
72	Morocco	8
73	Ghana	8
74	Russian Federation	8
75	Senegal	7
76	France	7
77	Bulgaria	7
78	Bolivia	7
79	Bahrain	6
80	Tunisia	6
81	Niger	5
82	Angola	5
83	Belgium-Luxembourg	5
84	Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The	4
85	Estonia	4
86	Poland	4
87	Netherlands	3
88	Belarus	3
89	Guinea	3
90	Hong Kong	3
91	Sri Lanka	2
92	Latvia	2
93	Cuba	2
94	Yemen	2
95	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of	1
96	Somalia	1
97	Romania	1
98	Serbia	1
99	Slovenia	1
100	Switzerland	1
101	Chile	1
102	Czech Republic	1
103	Albania	1
104	Austria	1
105	Lebanon	1
106	Cambodia	1
107	United Kingdom	1
108	Dominican Republic	1
109	Haiti	1
110	Hungary	0
111	Ireland	0
112	Croatia	0
113	Lithuania	0
114	Armenia	0
115	Canada	0
116	Denmark	0
117	Cyprus	0
118	Slovakia	0
119	Sweden	0
120	Singapore	0
121	Panama	0
122	Ukraine	0
123	Uruguay	0

Year of Estimate: 2023

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

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