Cotton and Wool Outlook: April 2012
by
Leslie Meyer,
Stephen MacDonald, and
James Kiawu
Outlook No. (CWS-12b) 17 pp, April 2012
The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton forecast for 2011/12 projects global cotton consumption to decrease for the second consecutive season. With recent high cotton prices that encouraged fiber substitution and the global economic uncertainty facing consumers, world mill use is projected to decrease to its lowest since 2003/04.
Keywords: forecast, imports, exports, textile, fiber, supply & use, bales, cotton, trade deficit
In this publication...
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Cotton and Wool Outlook: 2011/12 Global Cotton Mill Use in Second Year of Decline, Pdf file 199 kb
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Table 1--U.S. cotton supply and use estimates, Excel file 31 kb
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Table 2--World cotton supply and use estimates, Excel file 28 kb
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Table 3--U.S. fiber supply, Excel file 31 kb
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Table 4--U.S. fiber demand, Excel file 32 kb
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Table 5--U.S. and world fiber prices, Excel file 28 kb
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Table 6--U.S. textile imports, by fiber, Excel file 30 kb
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Table 7--U.S. textile exports, by fiber, Excel file 31 kb
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Table 8--U.S. cotton textile imports, by origin, Excel file 8 kb
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Table 9--U.S. cotton textile, exports, by destination, Excel file 37 kb
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Table 10--U.S. actual and projected cotton acreage, Excel file 36 kb
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