Cotton futures prices are up by 34 to 45 points so far this morning. Â Cotton ended the midweek session with 15 to 49 point losses in the front months.Â
USDA made no changes to the domestic cotton balance sheet on Wednesday, maintaining the 14.68m bale production and 4.3 million bale carryout estimates. Â They did increase expected world cotton ending stocks 2.1 million bales from last month, with Chinese stocks boosted 2 million bales to 39.4 of the 91.1 million world total. Â
The monthly Cotton Ginnings report showed 14.313m bales were ginned through March, which is down from 17m last year but slightly above 2020/21’s pace.Â
Census data showed 980,645 bales of US cotton was exported in January. That was up 45% from December but was 31% lower yr/yr. The season’s export total reached 4.897m bales through Jan, compared to 4.721m last year and the 12m bale WASDE forecast.Â
The Cotlook A Index was 50 points firmer to 99.40 for 3/7. USDA’s weekly Cotton Market Review showed 31,860 bales were sold at spot this week for an average price of 82.41 cents. The AWP for cotton is now 72.73 cents/lb from 70.78 cents.
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May 23 Cotton  closed at 82.62, down 15 points, currently up 45 pointsÂ
Jul 23 Cotton  closed at 83.25, down 33 points, currently up 41 points
Dec 23 Cotton  closed at 83.21, down 32 points, currently up 39 points
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