Cotton and Wool Outlook: June 2012

by Leslie Meyer, Stephen MacDonald, and James Kiawu

The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projections for 2012/13 indicate that world cotton stocks are expected to rise for the third consecutive season, reaching a new record. Global ending stocks are currently projected at 74.5 million bales for 2012/13, nearly 11 percent or 7.2 million bales above 2011/12 (fig. 1).

Keywords: forecast, imports, exports, textile, fiber, supply & use, bales, cotton, trade deficit, ERS, Economic Research Service, USDA, United States Department of Agriculture, Cotton and Wool Outlook

In this publication...

• Cotton and Wool Outlook: June 2012
• Table 1--U.S. cotton supply and use estimates
• Table 2--World cotton supply and use estimates
• Table 3--U.S. fiber supply
• Table 4--U.S. fiber demand
• Table 5--U.S. and world fiber prices
• Table 6--U.S. textile imports, by fiber
• Table 7--U.S. textile exports, by fiber
• Table 8--U.S. cotton textile imports, by origin
• Table 9--U.S. cotton textile exports, by destination

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