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According to the USDA weekly export sales report, the increases were primarily for Vietnam (88,600 RB, including 8,900 RB switched from China, 1,700 RB switched from Hong Kong, and 300 RB switched from South Korea), Turkiye (21,700 RB, including decreases of 500 RB), Pakistan (21,000 RB, including 1,300 RB switched from China and decreases of 400 RB), Thailand (7,600 RB), and Bangladesh (7,500 RB, including 500 RB switched from Vietnam). These were offset by reductions primarily for China (21,300 RB), Mexico (4,200 RB), India (2,000 RB), Hong Kong (1,800 RB), and South Korea (400 RB).
Net sales of 40,000 RB for 2025–26 were primarily for Mexico (27,100 RB), Guatemala (5,300 RB), Turkiye (3,300 RB), and India (2,600 RB).
For the week under review, export shipments of 393,800 RB were unchanged from the previous week but up 6 per cent from the prior four-week average. The primary destinations were Vietnam (120,000 RB), Turkiye (76,700 RB), Pakistan (63,600 RB), Bangladesh (22,700 RB), and Mexico (16,400 RB).
Net sales of Pima cotton totalling 8,500 RB for 2024–25 declined 57 per cent from the previous week and 45 per cent from the prior four-week average. Increases were primarily for India (2,700 RB), Egypt (2,600 RB), Pakistan (1,700 RB), Bangladesh (400 RB), and Thailand (400 RB). Total net sales of 700 RB for 2025–26 were for Egypt. Export shipments of 14,400 RB were up 21 per cent from the previous week and 46 per cent from the prior four-week average. The primary destinations were India (4,900 RB), Peru (2,800 RB), China (2,400 RB), Vietnam (2,200 RB), and Pakistan (700 RB).
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)