Cotton Prices Little Changed

2025-09-12 18:24 By Mojdeh Kazemi 1 min. read

Cotton futures were traded at 65.1 cents per pound as the USDA released its September 2025/26 outlook, showing slightly higher US production but little change in other supply and demand factors.

The US crop is projected at 13.2 million bales, up 10,000 from last month, with a small decline in yield to 861 pounds per acre.

With consumption, exports, imports, and ending stocks unchanged, the US stocks-to-use ratio remains just over 26 percent, and the season-average upland price stays at 64 cents per pound.

Globally, production rises over 1 million bales, led by gains in China, India, and Australia, offsetting declines in Turkey, Mexico, and West Africa.

World consumption increases by about 850,000 bales, while trade ticks up slightly.

Beginning stocks fall roughly 1 million bales, and ending stocks drop 800,000 bales to 73.1 million, the lowest in four years.



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