Cotton - Production, Consumption, Exports, and Imports Statistics - 1979

**Year: 1979**
Country	Area Harvested (HECTARES)	Beginning Stocks (MT)	Production (MT)	Imports (MT)	TOTAL SUPPLY (MT)	Exports (MT)	USE Dom. Consumption (MT)	Loss Dom. Consumption (MT)	TOTAL Dom. Consumption (MT)	Ending Stocks (MT)	TOTAL DISTRIBUTION (MT)
Afghanistan	60,000	22,208	38,102	0	60,310	27,216	10,886	0	10,886	22,208	60,310
Albania	28,000	1,524	7,620	0	9,145	0	7,620	0	7,620	1,524	9,145
Algeria	0	1,306	0	13,064	14,370	0	13,064	0	13,064	1,306	14,370
Angola	18,000	2,830	3,266	0	6,096	218	2,177	0	2,177	3,701	6,096
Argentina	565,000	123,669	160,029	4,572	288,270	117,790	100,590	4,790	105,380	65,100	288,270
Australia	70,000	38,538	83,172	871	122,580	60,746	23,079	0	23,079	38,755	122,580
Austria	0	4,790	0	25,039	29,829	0	22,861	0	22,861	6,967	29,829
Bangladesh	6,000	8,709	871	46,158	55,738	871	46,376	435	46,811	8,056	55,738
Belgium-Luxembourg	0	11,540	0	39,409	50,948	0	40,497	0	40,497	10,451	50,948
Benin	75,000	1,524	9,798	0	11,322	6,532	1,089	0	1,089	3,701	11,322
Bolivia	25,000	7,185	7,185	435	14,805	653	7,403	0	7,403	6,750	14,805
Brazil	1,975,000	303,511	571,968	0	875,478	0	564,130	0	564,130	311,349	875,478
Bulgaria	16,000	5,008	5,879	58,786	69,673	0	67,495	0	67,495	2,177	69,673
Burkina	82,000	3,919	28,740	0	32,659	26,998	1,089	0	1,089	4,572	32,659
Burma; Union of	194,000	5,008	17,636	3,048	25,692	871	19,595	0	19,595	5,225	25,692
Cambodia	0	218	0	1,089	1,306	0	1,089	0	1,089	218	1,306
Cameroon	57,000	5,443	30,917	0	36,360	25,039	6,532	0	6,532	4,790	36,360
Canada	0	5,661	0	62,923	68,584	0	60,963	0	60,963	7,620	68,584
Central African Republic	87,000	4,790	9,798	0	14,588	10,015	2,177	0	2,177	2,395	14,588
Chad	188,000	7,620	33,094	0	40,715	28,304	2,177	0	2,177	10,233	40,715
Chile	0	7,403	0	13,499	20,902	0	15,894	0	15,894	5,008	20,902
China; Peoples Republic of	4,512,000	317,881	2,199,038	892,679	3,409,598	2,613	3,069,944	0	3,069,944	337,041	3,409,598
Colombia	217,000	1,306	124,975	4,355	130,636	46,158	81,212	1,089	82,301	2,177	130,636
Congo; Democratic Rep of the	98,000	2,830	10,233	2,395	15,459	0	13,064	0	13,064	2,395	15,459
Costa Rica	7,000	435	1,524	1,306	3,266	1,089	1,089	0	1,089	1,089	3,266
Cote d''Ivoire	123,000	6,532	57,915	0	64,447	30,482	17,418	0	17,418	16,547	64,447
Cuba	4,000	8,274	1,089	32,659	42,021	0	32,659	0	32,659	9,362	42,021
Cyprus	1,000	218	218	218	653	0	435	0	435	218	653
Denmark	0	871	0	1,960	2,830	0	1,960	0	1,960	871	2,830
Dominican Republic	2,000	435	1,089	0	1,524	435	653	0	653	435	1,524
Ecuador	18,000	4,137	8,056	0	12,193	0	9,798	0	9,798	2,395	12,193
Egypt	502,000	128,241	483,571	0	611,812	190,728	283,045	0	283,045	138,039	611,812
El Salvador	78,000	24,821	69,019	1,089	94,929	56,827	11,975	6,532	18,507	19,595	94,929
Ethiopia	140,000	8,927	21,773	0	30,699	1,089	20,684	0	20,684	8,927	30,699
Finland	0	3,701	0	13,935	17,636	0	11,975	0	11,975	5,661	17,636
Former Czechoslovakia	0	13,935	0	121,927	135,861	0	111,041	0	111,041	24,821	135,861
Former Yugoslavia	2,000	25,256	435	96,017	121,708	0	111,041	0	111,041	10,669	121,710
France	0	40,715	0	200,744	241,459	20,031	180,931	0	180,931	40,497	241,459
German Democratic Republic	0	30,482	0	83,825	114,306	0	83,825	0	83,825	30,482	114,306
Germany; Federal Republic of	0	79,035	0	193,341	272,376	15,023	169,827	0	169,827	87,526	272,376
Ghana	6,000	1,524	1,089	2,613	5,225	0	4,355	0	4,355	871	5,225
Greece	142,000	91,010	106,904	29,393	227,307	16,983	151,973	0	151,973	58,351	227,307
Guatemala	126,000	12,628	148,272	0	160,900	137,603	13,499	0	13,499	9,798	160,900
Haiti	13,000	218	1,524	0	1,742	0	1,524	0	1,524	218	1,742
Honduras	11,000	1,742	8,709	2,395	12,846	7,838	2,395	0	2,395	2,613	12,846
Hong Kong	0	62,705	0	260,836	323,542	14,370	239,499	0	239,499	69,673	323,542
Hungary	0	33,748	0	95,364	129,112	0	95,800	0	95,800	33,312	129,112
India	8,127,000	612,465	1,363,404	435	1,976,304	86,873	1,296,562	0	1,296,562	592,869	1,976,304
Indonesia	3,000	15,676	871	103,202	119,750	0	107,775	0	107,775	11,975	119,750
Iran	215,000	17,418	99,066	0	116,484	27,216	68,366	1,089	69,455	19,813	116,484
Iraq	65,000	3,048	15,241	15,676	33,965	1,089	26,127	0	26,127	6,750	33,965
Ireland	0	3,266	0	14,370	17,636	0	11,540	0	11,540	6,096	17,636
Israel	63,000	19,595	75,116	3,919	98,630	60,746	22,208	653	22,861	15,023	98,630
Italy	3,000	60,746	653	243,418	304,817	0	229,266	0	229,266	75,551	304,817
Japan	0	187,463	0	726,336	913,798	6,967	730,473	3,484	733,956	172,875	913,798
Kenya	115,000	2,613	13,499	2,177	18,289	1,960	11,975	0	11,975	4,355	18,289
Korea; Democratic Peoples Rep	7,000	10,886	1,089	33,748	45,723	0	34,836	0	34,836	10,886	45,722
Korea; Republic of	8,000	99,719	3,048	354,241	457,008	0	337,476	0	337,476	119,532	457,008
Lebanon	0	653	0	1,524	2,177	0	1,524	0	1,524	653	2,177
Madagascar	18,000	7,838	11,540	0	19,378	1,089	13,499	0	13,499	4,790	19,378
Malawi	32,000	2,830	5,879	0	8,709	3,048	3,919	0	3,919	1,742	8,709
Malaysia	0	9,362	0	29,393	38,755	0	30,482	0	30,482	8,274	38,755
Mali	119,000	4,355	46,811	0	51,166	40,279	6,532	0	6,532	4,355	51,166
Mexico	380,000	57,480	326,590	218	384,287	198,784	163,295	0	163,295	22,208	384,287
Morocco	9,000	1,089	5,443	10,669	17,200	435	14,152	0	14,152	2,613	17,200
Mozambique	110,000	13,064	15,241	0	28,304	10,886	5,443	0	5,443	11,975	28,304
Netherlands	0	3,484	0	21,773	25,256	0	21,773	0	21,773	3,484	25,256
Nicaragua	45,000	17,200	21,773	0	38,973	19,595	3,266	4,572	7,838	11,540	38,973
Niger	5,000	871	1,306	0	2,177	435	1,089	0	1,089	653	2,177
Nigeria	240,000	21,773	29,829	3,048	54,649	0	45,505	0	45,505	9,145	54,649
Norway	0	218	0	2,177	2,395	0	1,960	0	1,960	435	2,395
Pakistan	2,023,000	82,518	743,972	871	827,361	256,264	435,453	0	435,453	135,644	827,361
Panama	0	0	0	871	871	0	871	0	871	0	871
Paraguay	220,000	40,279	74,898	0	115,177	65,753	5,443	0	5,443	43,981	115,177
Peru	148,000	48,118	101,025	0	149,143	56,609	41,368	0	41,368	51,166	149,143
Philippines	7,000	6,532	2,613	26,127	35,272	0	29,393	0	29,393	5,879	35,272
Poland	0	33,965	0	161,335	195,301	0	154,804	0	154,804	40,497	195,301
Portugal	0	39,191	0	128,894	168,085	0	127,152	0	127,152	40,933	168,085
Romania	2,000	36,360	435	111,041	147,836	0	116,266	0	116,266	31,570	147,836
Senegal	31,000	3,048	9,580	0	12,628	4,355	4,355	0	4,355	3,919	12,628
Singapore	0	3,266	0	25,909	29,175	11,322	14,588	0	14,588	3,266	29,175
Somalia	12,000	1,742	1,306	435	3,484	0	1,742	0	1,742	1,742	3,484
South Africa; Republic of	120,000	40,715	65,100	12,193	118,008	653	62,052	0	62,052	55,303	118,008
Spain	50,000	47,682	41,150	71,632	160,464	2,177	108,863	218	109,081	49,206	160,464
Sri Lanka	5,000	1,306	1,089	7,620	10,015	0	8,709	0	8,709	1,306	10,015
Sudan	411,000	145,006	113,871	0	258,877	175,270	15,241	0	15,241	68,366	258,877
Sweden	0	5,661	0	4,790	10,451	0	5,879	0	5,879	4,572	10,451
Switzerland	0	30,699	0	52,254	82,954	218	51,166	0	51,166	31,570	82,954
Syria	154,000	28,087	127,588	0	155,674	99,501	34,183	0	34,183	21,990	155,674
Taiwan	0	58,568	0	271,723	330,291	0	217,727	0	217,727	112,565	330,291
Tanzania; United Republic of	448,000	32,224	57,915	0	90,139	49,642	15,459	0	15,459	25,039	90,140
Thailand	117,000	10,233	47,682	81,865	139,780	6,314	120,403	2,395	122,798	10,669	139,780
Togo	26,000	2,395	7,620	0	10,015	2,395	2,177	0	2,177	5,443	10,015
Tunisia	0	1,306	0	11,104	12,410	0	11,104	0	11,104	1,306	12,410
Turkey	612,000	51,601	475,950	0	527,551	134,337	258,006	8,056	266,062	127,152	527,551
Uganda	312,000	17,636	6,096	0	23,732	3,484	4,355	0	4,355	15,894	23,732
Union of Soviet Socialist Repu	3,090,000	412,592	2,794,085	1,661,907	4,868,584	2,418,289	1,981,312	0	1,981,312	468,983	4,868,584
United Kingdom	0	26,563	0	87,962	114,524	9,580	88,832	0	88,832	16,112	114,524
United States	5,193,000	861,762	3,185,122	1,089	4,047,973	2,009,398	1,416,529	-31,135	1,385,394	653,180	4,047,972
Uruguay	1,000	1,742	218	5,661	7,620	0	6,314	0	6,314	1,306	7,620
Venezuela	40,000	8,709	18,071	6,967	33,748	0	21,555	0	21,555	12,193	33,748
Vietnam	7,000	13,935	653	37,014	51,601	0	35,925	0	35,925	15,676	51,601
Yemen (Aden)	16,000	1,306	5,443	0	6,750	5,443	218	0	218	1,089	6,750
Yemen (Sanaa)	25,000	1,524	8,709	0	10,233	4,355	4,355	0	4,355	1,524	10,233
Zambia	17,000	871	5,225	435	6,532	0	3,701	0	3,701	2,830	6,532
Zimbabwe	120,000	14,370	64,012	0	78,382	54,649	16,112	0	16,112	7,620	78,382

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

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