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Lightweight cotton fabric: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in lightweight cotton fabric totaled $8.2 billion (928 thousand tonnes). The top exporters were China (42%), India (11%) and Pakistan (8%); the top importers were Bangladesh (9%), Vietnam (8%) and Morocco (5%). Compared with 2019, the value fell 11%.

Summary

World trade
$8.2billion
Tonnes
928thousand tonnes
Price per tonne
$8,829
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. China$3.4 billion · 41.7%
  2. India$930 million · 11.3%
  3. Pakistan$666 million · 8.1%
  4. Italy$423 million · 5.1%
  5. Turkey$374 million · 4.6%
  6. Austria$361 million · 4.4%
  7. Germany$226 million · 2.8%
  8. South Korea$168 million · 2%
  9. Vietnam$146 million · 1.8%
  10. Uzbekistan$136 million · 1.7%
  11. Spain$131 million · 1.6%
  12. Portugal$114 million · 1.4%
  13. France$92 million · 1.1%
  14. Japan$92 million · 1.1%
  15. Netherlands$89 million · 1.1%
    re-exports
  16. Czechia$76 million · 0.93%
  17. Thailand$67 million · 0.82%
  18. Indonesia$61 million · 0.74%
  19. Romania$55 million · 0.67%
  20. United Kingdom$51 million · 0.62%

Top importers

  1. Bangladesh$773 million · 9.4%
  2. Vietnam$668 million · 8.1%
  3. Morocco$428 million · 5.2%
  4. United States$396 million · 4.8%
  5. Nigeria$365 million · 4.4%
  6. Italy$295 million · 3.6%
  7. Indonesia$282 million · 3.4%
  8. United Arab Emirates$224 million · 2.7%
  9. Russia$213 million · 2.6%
  10. Mali$210 million · 2.6%
  11. Austria$188 million · 2.3%
  12. Spain$176 million · 2.2%
  13. Ghana$153 million · 1.9%
  14. Cambodia$144 million · 1.8%
  15. Sri Lanka$141 million · 1.7%
  16. Germany$137 million · 1.7%
  17. France$134 million · 1.6%
  18. South Korea$128 million · 1.6%
  19. Myanmar$127 million · 1.5%
  20. Tunisia$124 million · 1.5%

Trend

Who sells it

China was the top exporter throughout the period

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

  • China 3.4
  • India 0.93
  • Pakistan 0.67
  • Italy 0.42
  • Turkey 0.37

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
China2.13.4
India0.510.93
Pakistan0.470.67
Italy0.590.42
Turkey0.110.37

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne rose 5% since 1995

Current US dollars per tonne: value over the weight reported by BACI.

  • 2024: $8,829

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$8,371
1996$8,204
1997$7,872
1998$7,719
1999$7,262
2000$6,134
2001$6,110
2002$6,760
2003$7,110
2004$8,022
2005$7,752
2006$8,318
2007$8,526
2008$8,168
2009$8,750
2010$8,524
2011$11,350
2012$9,619
2013$10,016
2014$10,385
2015$9,392
2016$8,994
2017$8,771
2018$9,273
2019$8,984
2020$8,729
2021$9,157
2022$9,837
2023$9,560
2024$8,829

What it includes

  • 5208 · Lightweight cotton fabric

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Sources and methodology

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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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