During the past four years, the organic cotton market has become more global, with improved fiber quality, greater production and trade, more integrated supply chains and rapid growth in demand. Expansion in organic fiber production is expected in the coming years.
The Organic Exchange Fiber Report Spring 2006 analyzes changes in organic cotton production between the 2000-01 harvest and the 2004-05 harvest, reports projected production and ending stocks for the 2005-06 harvest and provides initial thoughts about fiber production for the 2006-07 harvest and beyond.
A look at global organic cotton production The global organic cotton fiber supply has increased 392 percent since the 2000-01 harvest to 25,394 metric tonnes during the 2004-05 crop year.
Supplies are projected to grow to 31,017 metric tonnes (68,237,400 pounds or 142,161 bales) by the end of the 2005-06 harvest, reflecting an annual growth rate of 22 percent.
During the 2004-05 harvest, cotton was produced in 22 countries with Turkey growing 40 percent, India, 25 percent, the United States 7.7 percent and China, 7.3 percent respectively.
In 2005-06, these four countries combined are projected to produce 79 percent of the global organic cotton fiber crop. Small amounts of fiber stocks were available at the end of the 2003-04 harvest, and sales from the 2004-05 harvest were strong, with 93 percent of the 2004-05 crop sold by the end of February 2006.
Producer groups report that all of the cotton fiber from the projected 2005-06 crop is sold or otherwise committed.
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