Cotton - Production, Consumption, Exports, and Imports Statistics - 1998

**Year: 1998**
Country	Area Harvested (HECTARES)	Beginning Stocks (MT)	Production (MT)	Imports (MT)	TOTAL SUPPLY (MT)	Exports (MT)	USE Dom. Consumption (MT)	Loss Dom. Consumption (MT)	TOTAL Dom. Consumption (MT)	Ending Stocks (MT)	TOTAL DISTRIBUTION (MT)
Afghanistan	60,000	2,830	21,773	0	24,603	5,443	16,329	0	16,329	2,830	24,603
Albania	1,000	11,540	218	7,403	19,161	0	7,620	0	7,620	11,540	19,160
Algeria	0	3,484	0	21,773	25,257	0	21,773	0	21,773	3,484	25,257
Angola	10,000	1,524	4,355	0	5,879	1,089	3,266	0	3,266	1,524	5,879
Argentina	640,000	271,940	199,873	4,355	476,168	239,499	82,736	1,960	84,696	151,973	476,168
Armenia; Republic of	0	435	0	218	653	0	218	0	218	435	653
Australia	534,000	392,561	724,376	0	1,116,937	661,889	40,279	-38,102	2,177	452,871	1,116,937
Austria	0	5,879	0	33,312	39,191	218	32,659	0	32,659	6,314	39,191
Azerbaijan; Republic of	152,000	18,942	38,102	0	57,044	38,102	1,089	0	1,089	17,854	57,045
Bahrain	0	218	0	6,532	6,750	0	5,443	0	5,443	1,306	6,749
Bangladesh	29,000	8,927	13,064	141,522	163,513	0	152,409	218	152,627	10,886	163,513
Belarus	0	3,266	0	19,595	22,861	0	19,595	0	19,595	3,266	22,861
Belgium-Luxembourg	0	4,790	0	31,353	36,143	7,403	26,127	0	26,127	2,613	36,143
Benin	400,000	27,434	141,522	0	168,956	130,636	2,177	0	2,177	36,143	168,956
Bolivia	35,000	14,805	16,329	0	31,134	13,064	7,620	0	7,620	10,451	31,135
Brazil	685,000	372,966	520,584	290,447	1,183,997	5,008	821,700	-21,773	799,927	379,062	1,183,997
Bulgaria	15,000	3,919	6,532	11,975	22,426	0	18,507	0	18,507	3,919	22,426
Burkina	300,000	25,039	119,750	0	144,789	114,306	5,443	0	5,443	25,039	144,788
Burma; Union of	250,000	8,491	43,545	435	52,472	6,532	37,014	0	37,014	8,927	52,472
Cambodia	0	218	0	1,089	1,307	0	1,089	0	1,089	218	1,307
Cameroon	180,000	15,459	78,382	0	93,841	65,318	9,798	0	9,798	18,724	93,840
Canada	0	5,225	0	71,632	76,857	0	71,850	0	71,850	5,008	76,858
Central African Republic	70,000	2,177	16,329	0	18,507	15,241	1,089	0	1,089	2,177	18,507
Chad	420,000	15,894	65,318	0	81,212	63,141	3,266	0	3,266	14,805	81,212
Chile	0	8,056	0	15,459	23,515	0	19,595	0	19,595	3,919	23,514
China; Peoples Republic of	4,459,000	5,344,534	4,506,940	72,285	9,923,759	147,183	4,071,487	-157,852	3,913,635	5,862,941	9,923,759
Colombia	55,000	19,595	37,667	31,353	88,615	218	69,672	435	70,107	18,289	88,614
Congo; Democratic Rep of the	30,000	1,089	3,266	3,266	7,621	0	6,532	0	6,532	1,089	7,621
Costa Rica	1,000	1,089	871	653	2,613	0	2,177	0	2,177	435	2,612
Cote d''Ivoire	271,000	47,682	156,545	0	204,227	119,750	23,950	0	23,950	60,528	204,228
Croatia	0	1,306	0	3,266	4,572	0	3,266	0	3,266	1,306	4,572
Cuba	4,000	2,830	435	8,709	11,975	0	9,798	0	9,798	2,177	11,975
Cyprus	1,000	218	218	218	653	0	435	0	435	218	653
Czech Republic	0	16,112	0	55,956	72,068	653	59,875	0	59,875	11,540	72,068
Denmark	0	871	0	3,048	3,919	0	3,266	0	3,266	653	3,919
Dominican Republic	4,000	1,742	653	435	2,830	218	1,089	0	1,089	1,524	2,830
Ecuador	3,000	4,572	1,089	13,064	18,725	0	15,241	0	15,241	3,484	18,725
Egypt	280,000	192,253	228,613	2,177	423,043	97,977	206,840	5,008	211,848	113,218	423,043
El Salvador	1,000	6,750	218	23,950	30,917	0	23,950	0	23,950	6,967	30,917
Estonia	0	2,830	0	23,950	26,780	218	23,950	0	23,950	2,613	26,781
Ethiopia	43,000	4,790	15,241	4,355	24,386	0	19,595	0	19,595	4,790	24,385
France	0	31,788	0	112,347	144,135	7,185	107,775	3,919	111,694	25,256	144,135
Georgia; Republic of	0	653	0	1,524	2,177	0	2,177	0	2,177	0	2,177
Germany	0	21,990	0	136,079	158,069	13,717	125,193	0	125,193	19,160	158,070
Ghana	41,000	3,919	15,894	0	19,813	0	15,241	0	15,241	4,572	19,813
Greece	412,000	74,680	388,206	10,233	473,119	209,888	151,973	10,015	161,988	101,243	473,119
Guatemala	2,000	7,838	653	26,127	34,619	0	27,216	0	27,216	7,403	34,619
Guinea	20,000	1,306	8,056	0	9,362	8,056	0	0	0	1,306	9,362
Haiti	7,000	1,742	1,089	871	3,701	0	2,177	0	2,177	1,524	3,701
Honduras	2,000	871	1,089	2,177	4,137	0	3,266	0	3,266	871	4,137
Hong Kong	0	22,426	0	134,773	157,199	18,289	108,863	0	108,863	30,046	157,198
Hungary	0	5,443	0	14,152	19,595	0	14,152	435	14,587	5,008	19,595
India	9,287,000	908,791	2,804,971	110,605	3,824,367	42,457	2,747,709	0	2,747,709	1,034,201	3,824,367
Indonesia	21,000	27,651	3,048	505,779	536,478	1,089	478,998	8,927	487,925	47,464	536,478
Iran	230,000	31,788	138,910	0	170,698	2,177	140,869	0	140,869	27,651	170,698
Iraq	20,000	10,233	8,709	8,709	27,651	0	21,773	0	21,773	5,879	27,651
Ireland	0	3,048	0	4,137	7,185	0	6,096	0	6,096	1,089	7,185
Israel	30,000	14,805	51,166	8,709	74,680	38,102	21,773	0	21,773	14,805	74,680
Italy	1,000	47,247	218	288,923	336,388	7,838	285,222	2,177	287,399	41,150	336,387
Japan	0	57,915	0	274,989	332,904	0	272,158	0	272,158	60,746	332,904
Kazakhstan; Republic of	118,000	18,071	50,077	0	68,148	38,102	17,418	0	17,418	12,628	68,148
Kenya	55,000	4,355	6,532	8,709	19,596	0	13,064	0	13,064	6,532	19,596
Korea; Democratic Peoples Rep	19,000	2,830	10,233	2,830	15,894	0	13,281	0	13,281	2,613	15,894
Korea; Republic of	1,000	93,840	218	320,493	414,551	7,620	318,752	0	318,752	88,179	414,551
Kyrgyzstan; Republic of	33,000	4,137	25,039	0	29,175	22,208	3,266	0	3,266	3,701	29,175
Latvia	0	871	0	5,443	6,314	0	5,443	0	5,443	871	6,314
Lebanon	0	653	0	2,177	2,830	0	2,177	0	2,177	653	2,830
Lithuania	0	2,177	0	11,975	14,152	0	11,975	0	11,975	2,177	14,152
Macedonia; Republic of	1,000	871	218	3,266	4,355	0	3,266	0	3,266	1,089	4,355
Madagascar	33,000	3,701	15,894	0	19,595	2,177	13,064	0	13,064	4,355	19,596
Malawi	53,000	9,362	9,798	0	19,160	7,620	2,177	0	2,177	9,362	19,159
Malaysia	0	9,580	0	79,688	89,268	871	80,559	0	80,559	7,838	89,268
Mali	500,000	49,424	217,727	0	267,151	206,840	3,266	0	3,266	57,044	267,150
Mauritius	0	1,960	0	11,540	13,500	2,830	8,709	0	8,709	1,960	13,499
Mexico	218,000	95,800	226,218	309,607	631,625	22,426	478,998	7,620	486,618	122,580	631,624
Moldova; Republic of	0	1,960	0	2,177	4,137	0	2,177	0	2,177	1,960	4,137
Morocco	1,000	5,879	218	45,723	51,819	0	45,723	0	45,723	6,096	51,819
Mozambique	190,000	6,532	32,659	1,089	40,279	30,482	2,177	0	2,177	7,620	40,279
Netherlands	0	1,089	0	3,919	5,008	0	3,919	0	3,919	1,089	5,008
Nicaragua	4,000	435	2,177	0	2,613	1,960	218	0	218	435	2,613
Niger	5,000	653	1,089	0	1,742	218	871	0	871	653	1,742
Nigeria	300,000	21,555	65,318	15,241	102,114	19,595	50,077	0	50,077	32,441	102,114
Norway	0	1,742	0	3,266	5,008	0	3,266	0	3,266	1,742	5,008
Pakistan	2,923,000	331,162	1,371,677	201,397	1,904,236	2,177	1,524,086	5,443	1,529,529	372,530	1,904,236
Panama	0	218	0	1,089	1,307	0	1,089	0	1,089	218	1,307
Paraguay	166,000	11,757	63,141	0	74,898	54,432	8,709	0	8,709	11,757	74,898
Peru	79,000	43,763	52,037	40,279	136,079	871	82,736	0	82,736	52,472	136,079
Philippines	4,000	17,636	871	52,254	70,761	0	54,432	0	54,432	16,329	70,761
Poland	0	4,790	0	68,584	73,374	1,524	67,278	0	67,278	4,572	73,374
Portugal	0	36,796	0	155,457	192,253	218	157,852	0	157,852	34,183	192,253
Romania	0	20,031	0	43,545	63,576	0	43,545	0	43,545	20,031	63,576
Russian Federation	0	41,803	0	185,068	226,871	0	200,308	0	200,308	26,563	226,871
Senegal	60,000	3,048	5,443	0	8,491	2,177	4,355	0	4,355	1,960	8,491
Serbia and Montenegro	0	4,137	0	8,709	12,846	0	8,709	0	8,709	4,137	12,846
Singapore	0	1,742	0	11,975	13,717	11,975	0	0	0	1,742	13,717
Slovakia	0	1,742	0	7,620	9,362	0	7,620	0	7,620	1,742	9,362
Slovenia	0	3,048	0	8,709	11,757	0	8,709	0	8,709	3,048	11,757
Somalia	12,000	218	1,524	1,089	2,830	0	2,613	0	2,613	218	2,830
South Africa; Republic of	132,000	17,854	49,642	38,102	105,598	8,709	76,204	0	76,204	20,684	105,597
Spain	97,000	49,859	105,162	47,464	202,485	45,505	113,218	1,524	114,742	42,239	202,486
Sri Lanka	5,000	10,015	1,089	11,104	22,208	0	16,329	0	16,329	5,879	22,208
Sudan	120,000	21,990	45,723	0	67,713	53,778	8,927	0	8,927	5,008	67,713
Sweden	0	2,177	0	4,790	6,967	0	5,443	0	5,443	1,524	6,967
Switzerland	0	13,934	0	27,651	41,585	218	32,659	0	32,659	8,709	41,586
Syria	275,000	65,536	340,089	0	405,625	185,068	119,750	0	119,750	100,807	405,625
Taiwan	0	43,981	0	299,374	343,355	0	297,197	0	297,197	46,158	343,355
Tajikistan; Republic of	240,000	15,676	115,395	0	131,071	92,534	22,861	0	22,861	15,676	131,071
Tanzania; United Republic of	180,000	37,014	35,925	0	72,939	26,998	11,104	0	11,104	34,836	72,938
Thailand	14,000	93,405	6,967	262,796	363,168	1,960	280,650	10,015	290,665	70,543	363,168
Togo	140,000	12,410	76,204	0	88,615	65,318	3,266	0	3,266	20,031	88,615
Tunisia	2,000	2,395	2,177	24,385	28,958	0	26,780	0	26,780	2,177	28,958
Turkey	757,000	121,491	840,425	247,991	1,209,907	85,784	1,001,542	0	1,001,542	122,580	1,209,906
Turkmenistan	475,000	132,595	206,840	0	339,435	163,295	30,482	0	30,482	145,659	339,436
Uganda	250,000	4,137	15,241	0	19,378	14,152	1,089	0	1,089	4,137	19,378
Ukraine	0	10,669	0	17,418	28,087	10,886	10,886	0	10,886	6,314	28,086
United Kingdom	0	5,443	0	22,426	27,869	871	22,861	0	22,861	4,137	27,869
United States	4,324,000	846,303	3,030,318	95,582	3,972,203	935,789	2,264,574	-85,784	2,178,790	857,625	3,972,204
Uruguay	0	653	0	2,177	2,830	0	2,177	0	2,177	653	2,830
Uzbekistan; Republic of	1,532,000	138,256	1,001,542	1,089	1,140,887	829,974	179,624	0	179,624	131,289	1,140,887
Venezuela	37,000	41,586	43,545	11,975	97,106	0	65,318	0	65,318	31,788	97,106
Vietnam	22,000	13,064	6,750	58,786	78,600	0	65,536	0	65,536	13,064	78,600
Yemen	40,000	871	14,152	0	15,023	8,709	5,443	0	5,443	871	15,023
Zambia	150,000	8,056	21,773	0	29,829	4,355	14,152	0	14,152	11,322	29,829
Zimbabwe	320,000	27,869	114,960	0	142,829	69,672	38,102	3,266	41,368	31,788	142,828

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

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