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Cotton in Mexico, in numbers
Mexico's supply and demand, U.S. export sales to Mexico week by week, and what we're offering today. The USDA figures refresh on their own, every number carries its source and date, and all of it is free to reuse.
U.S. export sales to Mexico
Mexico is the 3rd-largest buyer of U.S. Upland cotton in 2026/27
By the week ending October 15, 2026, Mexico had bought 528,675 running bales of U.S. Upland for the 2026/27 season, 9.7% of all U.S. Upland export sales. Only Vietnam and Pakistan bought more.
- Upland bought this season
- 528,675
- Shipped so far
- 131,446
- Bought, not yet shipped
- 397,229
- Bought by the same week a year ago
- 469,755
- Already bought for next season
- 163,549
Upland, week by week
| Week ending | Net sales | Shipped | Bought this season |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 15, 2026 | 0 | 10,549 | 528,675 |
| October 8, 2026 | 37 | 9,066 | 528,675 |
| October 1, 2026 | 2,504 | 17,924 | 528,638 |
| September 24, 2026 | 10,650 | 15,215 | 526,134 |
| September 17, 2026 | 69,827 | 8,913 | 515,484 |
| September 10, 2026 | 198 | 9,899 | 445,657 |
| September 3, 2026 | 11,899 | 10,977 | 445,459 |
| August 27, 2026 | 439 | 14,695 | 433,560 |
Pima: Mexico had bought 44 running bales this season, 0.0% of U.S. Pima export sales.
Running bales, about 500 lb (227 kg) each. Net sales are new sales minus cancellations.
Source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Export Sales Reporting (ESR), updated October 15, 2026. Public domain.
Supply and demand
Mexico's cotton, season by season
For 2026/27, USDA expects Mexico to grow 665 thousand bales of cotton and import 700 thousand, while its mills use 1,200 thousand.
- Production · 145 thousand t
- 665
- Imports · 152 thousand t
- 700
- Mill use · 261 thousand t
- 1,200
- Ending stocks · 54 thousand t
- 247
| Season | Area (1000 ha) | Yield (kg/ha) | Production | Imports | Exports | Mill use | Ending stocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 85 | 1,703 | 665 | 700 | 100 | 1,200 | 247 |
| 2025/26 | 70 | 1,773 | 570 | 620 | 100 | 1,200 | 182 |
| 2024/25 | 126 | 1,719 | 995 | 600 | 175 | 1,350 | 312 |
| 2023/24 | 132 | 1,435 | 870 | 695 | 200 | 1,500 | 242 |
| 2022/23 | 200 | 1,720 | 1,580 | 689 | 407 | 1,800 | 377 |
| 2021/22 | 154 | 1,725 | 1,220 | 959 | 403 | 1,900 | 315 |
| 2020/21 | 145 | 1,532 | 1,020 | 928 | 488 | 1,725 | 439 |
| 2019/20 | 225 | 1,519 | 1,570 | 590 | 660 | 1,500 | 704 |
| 2018/19 | 243 | 1,555 | 1,735 | 850 | 521 | 2,000 | 704 |
| 2017/18 | 210 | 1,617 | 1,560 | 925 | 350 | 1,950 | 640 |
Production to ending stocks in thousand 480-lb bales (1,000 bales = 218 t). Seasons run August to July; the two latest are USDA estimates and projections.
Source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Production, Supply and Distribution (PSD), updated October 2026. Public domain.
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