Cotton:  Net sales for 2020/2021, which began August 1, totaled 6,900 RB.  Increases reported for Pakistan (10,100 RB, including decreases of 300 RB), Indonesia (7,500 RB, including 6,600 RB switched from the Philippines, 100 RB switched from Japan, and decreases of 100 RB), Vietnam (6,200 RB, including 1,300 RB switched from South Korea), Turkey (5,900 RB), and Japan (3,400 RB), were offset by reductions primarily for China (21,500 RB), the Philippines (6,600 RB), and El Salvador (1,200 RB).  A total of 2,883,200 RB in sales were carried over from the 2019/2020 marketing year, which ended July 31.  Exports for the period ending July 31 of 43,600 RB brought accumulated exports to 14,174,500 RB, up 8 percent from the prior years’ total of 13,158,900 RB.  The destinations were primarily China (19,500 RB), Vietnam (13,800 RB), Bangladesh (2,300 RB), Peru (1,400 RB), and Thailand (1,300 RB).  Exports for August 1 – 6 totaled 278,600 RB, with China (157,100 RB), Vietnam (56,300 RB), Turkey (13,700 RB), Pakistan (11,700 RB), and Bangladesh (9,600 RB) being the primary destinations.  Net sales of Pima for 2020/2021totaled 10,400 RB.  Increases were primarily for China (6,200 RB), Bangladesh (1,700 RB), India (900 RB), Vietnam (900 RB), and Pakistan (600 RB).  A total of 116,400 RB in sales were carried over from the 2019/2020 marketing year, which ended July 31.  Exports for the period ending July 31 of 3,700 RB brought accumulated exports to 486,600 RB, down 25 percent from the prior years’ total of 644,800 RB.  The destinations were primarily Pakistan (1,400 RB), Vietnam (900 RB), India (700 RB), China (400 RB), and Greece (200 RB).  Exports for August 1 – 6 totaled 5,600 RB, with China (2,500 RB), Peru (1,200 RB), Vietnam (900 RB), Pakistan (900 RB) and Turkey (200 RB) being the primary destinations.     

Exports for Own Account:  For 2019/2020, decreases were reported for 2,300 RB China.  For 2020/2021 exports for own account total of 17,300 RB were carried over from the 2019/2020 marketing year, which ended July 31.  Exports for own account totaling 4,000 RB to Vietnam (2,600 RB) and Bangladesh (1,400 MT) were applied to new or outstanding sales.  For 2020/2021, the outstanding balance of 32,700 RB including carryover is for China (24,300 RB), Indonesia (3,900 RB), Malaysia (2,600 RB), Bangladesh (1,000 RB), and Vietnam (900 RB).                                                                  

                                                                          U.S. EXPORT SALES FOR WEEK ENDING 8/06/2020

                                                                    FIRST REPORT FOR THE 2020/21(CURRENT MY) AND 2021/22 (NEXT MY)

                                             FINAL REPORT FOR THE 2019/20 MARKETING YEAR