FAPRI Briefing Book 1998 Tables

All Cotton Trade
	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00	00/01	01/02	02/03	03/04	04/05	05/06	06/07

Net Exporters	(Thousand Metric Tons)
Africa	805	876	904	919	927	930	936	944	954	965	978
Argentina	289	283	328	353	360	365	370	375	379	384	389
Australia	533	544	593	605	621	638	655	672	688	704	720
India	266	-23	42	69	91	120	143	165	187	208	227
Other Former Soviet Union	211	210	271	272	270	269	270	272	274	277	280
Other Latin America	-115	-93	-81	-73	-71	-72	-74	-77	-81	-85	-89
Other Middle East	222	262	201	196	194	190	186	182	178	174	170
Pakistan	-34	31	87	81	75	69	64	59	53	47	41
Turkey	-205	-306	-294	-291	-295	-299	-307	-317	-327	-338	-350
United States	1,406	1,577	1,478	1,521	1,523	1,506	1,491	1,480	1,469	1,462	1,456
Uzbekistan	990	914	1,000	1,000	996	992	989	986	984	981	979

Total Net Exports	4,367	4,275	4,528	4,651	4,689	4,708	4,723	4,741	4,759	4,779	4,800

Net Importers
Brazil	529	370	454	454	454	454	455	456	457	458	458
Canada	57	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74
China	890	591	770	926	977	1,000	1,015	1,029	1,043	1,056	1,071
Eastern Europe	268	281	281	283	285	286	287	289	291	292	293
European Union	741	712	678	650	638	628	620	613	607	602	598
Japan	292	272	255	242	231	219	206	194	182	170	158
Mexico	109	294	258	271	276	285	295	304	312	319	326
Other Asia	1,133	1,001	1,078	1,067	1,073	1,081	1,090	1,098	1,106	1,114	1,121
Other Western Europe	34	32	34	33	33	32	31	30	30	29	28
Russia	196	229	233	234	235	239	245	253	263	274	286
South Korea	313	261	250	247	243	239	234	230	225	220	216
Taiwan	293	283	281	279	277	276	275	273	272	272	271
Residual	-487	-117	-110	-100	-100	-100	-100	-100	-100	-100	-100

Total Net Imports	4,367	4,275	4,528	4,651	4,689	4,708	4,723	4,741	4,759	4,779	4,800

Cotton Prices	(U.S. Dollars per Metric Ton)
Cotlook A Index *	1,732	1,705	1,711	1,713	1,726	1,744	1,762	1,779	1,801	1,825	1,854
CIF Northern Europe
U.S. Farm Price	1,528	1,502	1,518	1,520	1,530	1,544	1,558	1,572	1,589	1,608	1,630

* The "A" index is the average of the five lowest CIF Northern European quotes of the following descriptions
(Middling 1-3/32"): Memphis; Calif./Ariz.; Mexican; Central American; Paraguayan; Turkish Izmir/Antalya;
Central Asian; Pakistani 1503; Indian H-4; Chinese 329; African 'Franc Zone'; Tanzanian; Greek; and Australian.
SOURCE: Cotlook, Ltd., Liverpool, England.

Sugar Trade
	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00	00/01	01/02	02/03	03/04	04/05	05/06	06/07

Net Exporters	(Million Metric Tons)
Australia	4,383	4,771	4,722	4,744	4,773	4,820	4,838	4,859	4,882	4,906	4,929
Brazil	5,800	5,800	6,108	6,266	6,431	6,592	6,714	6,814	6,909	7,002	7,095
Cuba	3,500	3,650	3,730	3,769	3,807	3,845	3,883	3,921	3,960	3,999	4,039
European Union	2,962	3,821	3,409	3,337	3,257	3,229	3,206	3,189	3,174	3,160	3,142
Thailand	4,750	4,800	4,838	4,988	5,078	5,160	5,224	5,285	5,345	5,404	5,458

Total Net Exports	21,395	22,842	22,808	23,105	23,346	23,645	23,865	24,068	24,271	24,472	24,663

Net Importers
China	1,742	1,570	1,653	1,662	1,672	1,681	1,691	1,700	1,710	1,719	1,729
Eastern Europe	-142	329	595	656	653	648	642	636	628	620	611
Former Soviet Union	3,323	3,885	4,015	4,007	4,082	4,160	4,190	4,250	4,282	4,313	4,345
Japan	1,679	1,646	1,570	1,561	1,560	1,560	1,558	1,555	1,552	1,548	1,543
United States	2,170	2,327	1,800	1,963	2,033	2,092	2,170	2,257	2,345	2,417	2,501
Rest of World	12,623	13,085	13,175	13,256	13,346	13,505	13,613	13,670	13,754	13,854	13,935

Total Net Imports	21,395	22,842	22,808	23,105	23,346	23,645	23,865	24,068	24,271	24,472	24,663

Sugar Prices	(U.S. Dollars per Metric Ton)
FOB Caribbean Price	273	257	257	258	259	260	262	264	267	268	269
New York Spot	496	485	484	485	488	490	492	493	494	495	497