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Who buys Brazil’s raw cotton? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Brazil exported $5.1 billion of raw cotton (2.7 million tonnes), 30.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (35%), Vietnam (20%) and Bangladesh (12%). Brazil was the world’s largest exporter of raw cotton.

Summary

Value
$5.1billion
Tonnes
2.7million tonnes
Share of world total
30.7%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.8Tonnes: 943,322USD per tonne: $1,90434.9%Sea
Vietnam1Tonnes: 540,138USD per tonne: $1,87319.7%Sea
Bangladesh0.6Tonnes: 323,881USD per tonne: $1,86611.8%Sea
Pakistan0.52Tonnes: 261,826USD per tonne: $1,98610.1%Sea
Turkey0.44Tonnes: 240,097USD per tonne: $1,8408.6%Sea
Indonesia0.29Tonnes: 156,414USD per tonne: $1,8505.6%Sea
India0.15Tonnes: 94,481USD per tonne: $1,5852.9%Sea
Malaysia0.12Tonnes: 70,425USD per tonne: $1,7492.4%Sea
South Korea0.07Tonnes: 38,072USD per tonne: $1,8291.4%Sea
Egypt0.05Tonnes: 31,331USD per tonne: $1,7181.1%Sea
Thailand0.03Tonnes: 16,464USD per tonne: $1,8070.58%Sea
Portugal0.01Tonnes: 8,051USD per tonne: $1,3760.22%Sea
Algeria0.01Tonnes: 4,996USD per tonne: $1,8270.18%Sea
Mauritius0.01Tonnes: 5,119USD per tonne: $1,7030.17%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 2,091USD per tonne: $1,8060.07%Sea
Colombia< 0.01Tonnes: 1,898USD per tonne: $1,7580.06%Land
Morocco< 0.01Tonnes: 1,630USD per tonne: $1,9730.06%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 1,724USD per tonne: $1,7730.06%Sea
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 1,260USD per tonne: $2,1380.05%Sea
Uruguay< 0.01Tonnes: 1,114USD per tonne: $1,9850.04%Land

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2018

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

  • China 1.8
  • Vietnam 1
  • Bangladesh 0.6
  • Pakistan 0.52
  • Turkey 0.44

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.011.8
Vietnam01
Bangladesh< 0.010.6
Pakistan00.52
Turkey00.44

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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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