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Where does Bangladesh get its raw cotton? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Bangladesh imported $2.5 billion of raw cotton (1.3 million tonnes), 15.1% of the world total. Its main sources were India (26%), Brazil (24%) and Benin (19%). Bangladesh was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of raw cotton.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
1.3million tonnes
Share of world total
15.1%
World rank
2nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
India655Tonnes: 323,427USD per tonne: $2,02625.9%Land
Brazil604Tonnes: 323,881USD per tonne: $1,86623.9%Sea
Benin480Tonnes: 249,037USD per tonne: $1,92919%Sea
United States251Tonnes: 130,074USD per tonne: $1,9289.9%Sea
Australia232Tonnes: 114,425USD per tonne: $2,0249.2%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire112Tonnes: 58,690USD per tonne: $1,9064.4%Sea
Turkey93.6Tonnes: 51,913USD per tonne: $1,8033.7%Sea
Greece13.5Tonnes: 8,144USD per tonne: $1,6560.53%Sea
China13.1Tonnes: 5,900USD per tonne: $2,2150.52%Sea
Tanzania11.4Tonnes: 8,021USD per tonne: $1,4160.45%Sea
Spain8.6Tonnes: 5,107USD per tonne: $1,6860.34%Sea
Togo8.3Tonnes: 4,573USD per tonne: $1,8090.33%Sea
Senegal7.7Tonnes: 4,052USD per tonne: $1,9030.31%Sea
Mauritania6Tonnes: 6,893USD per tonne: $8690.24%Sea
South Africa5.8Tonnes: 3,417USD per tonne: $1,7030.23%Sea
Malaysia4Tonnes: 2,187USD per tonne: $1,8330.16%Sea
Nigeria3.8Tonnes: 2,529USD per tonne: $1,4930.15%Sea
Uganda3.7Tonnes: 1,880USD per tonne: $1,9440.14%Sea
Azerbaijan3.2Tonnes: 2,043USD per tonne: $1,5440.12%Sea
Argentina2.5Tonnes: 2,417USD per tonne: $1,0370.1%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

India has been its main source since 2005

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • India 0.66
  • Brazil 0.6
  • Benin 0.48
  • United States 0.25
  • Australia 0.23

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India< 0.010.66
Brazil< 0.010.6
Benin00.48
United States0.040.25
Australia< 0.010.23

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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