What is the price of cotton in Malaysia?

As of January 2025, cotton in Malaysia is US$ 1.61 per kg (7.31 MYR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Malaysia's world rank in cotton exports?

Malaysia ranks 27th among 102 cotton exporters.

How much cotton did Malaysia export in 2024?

Malaysia exported 7,008 tonnes of cotton worth US$12,803,987 in 2024.

What was the year-on-year change in Malaysia's cotton exports?

Malaysia's cotton exports decreased by 20.7% year-on-year.

Cotton Price in Malaysia - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Cotton Prices in Malaysia

US$ 1.61 / kg

7.31 MYR / kg

MoM ▼ 11.8% YoY ▼ 11.8%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (MYR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	1.61	7.31	▼ 11.8%	▼ 11.8%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the cotton price in Malaysia available is US$ 1.61 per kg (7.31 MYR), down 11.8% year-on-year.

Malaysia exported US$12.8 million worth of cotton in 2024, totaling 7,008 tonnes and ranking 27th among 102 global exporters. This accounted for 0.1% of world cotton exports, with a year-on-year decrease of 20.7%. Malaysia is a net exporter of cotton. The latest export unit value is US$1.6121 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - cotton in Malaysia

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Malaysia exported $12.8M (7 kt) of cotton▼ 20.7% YoY. That ranks #27 worldwide (0.1% of global exports).

$12.8M

Export value

7 kt

Export volume

#27 / 102

World rank

0.1%

Global share

$1.83

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top cotton exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Brazil $5.15B · 30.9%
#2 US $5.01B · 30%
#3 Australia $2.42B · 14.5%
#4 India $904M · 5.4%
#5 Benin $500.9M · 3%

Annual export data Malaysia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$12.8M	7 kt	$1.83
2023	$16.1M	9.2 kt	$1.76
2022	$6.2M	3.2 kt	$1.93
2021	$18.9M	22.6 kt	$0.84
2020	$30.8M	54.6 kt	$0.56

HS Code

cotton is traded under Harmonized System code 5201.00. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade; harvest season - FAO GIEWS Crop Calendar. Values are official reported figures.

Malaysia cotton - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The volume of cotton sold by Malaysia in 2020 was 55,718 tonnes. In 2019 Malaysia exported 75,315 tonnes of cotton. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Malaysia cotton (processed category) has escalated, flactuating by 38.758 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cotton's exports went up by 120.27 pc bringing Malaysia US$60.55m for the year 2019. Malaysia's cotton exports are classified as:

Cotton waste (excluding yarn waste, thread waste and garnetted stock) (HS code 520299)
Cotton, neither carded nor combed (HS code 520100)
Cotton yarn waste, incl. thread waste (HS code 520210)
Cotton linters (HS code 140420)
Garnetted stock of cotton (HS code 520291)
Cotton, carded or combed (HS code 520300)

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Malaysia cotton export values

In 2019, Malaysia sold cotton with a value of 60.55m USD, a contraction of -41.01% from 2018's total cotton export of 102.648m USD. The annual reduction in value of Malaysia cotton between 2017 to 2018 was 91.733 pc.

The per year variation in the amount of Malaysia's cotton exports between 2017 and 2019 was 120.27 pc when compared to a variation of 38.758% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

Malaysia's share of the world's total cotton's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Malaysia is ranked number 27 in world exports of cotton.

Export markets for Malaysia cotton ( in '000$ )

Malaysia's leading export markets for cotton are Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Iran, Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam.

Import/Export Trends

. The annual growth of Malaysia cotton in value between 2015 to 2019 was -52%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -33%, per annum.

Malaysia purchased 207,580 tonnes of cotton in 2019.

Cotton Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest cotton prices in other Asia countries:

China$2.25/kg Uzbekistan$2.64/kg India$1.94/kg Vietnam$2.02/kg Pakistan$1.73/kg Nepal$4.08/kg Myanmar$2.21/kg Singapore$1.35/kg Sri Lanka$4.48/kg Japan$2.92/kg Tajikistan$1.82/kg Philippines$1.43/kg Indonesia$1.72/kg Thailand$2.97/kg Cambodia$10.81/kg

Other Processed Prices in Malaysia

Latest prices for other processed in Malaysia:

Glycerol$0.91/kg Sugar$0.53/kg Coffee$5.62/kg Copra$2.62/kg Palm Oil$0.91/kg Soyabean oil$1.36/kg Coconut oil$2.62/kg Margarine$1.49/kg Cocoa Powder (Solids)$3.23/kg Coconut flour$5.31/kg Natural Rubber$0.61/kg Olive Oil$5.04/kg Natural Honey$4.37/kg Molasses$0.45/kg Chocolate$3.50/kg

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Cotton Malaysia

US$ 1.6121 / kg

generic Export (unit value) as of 2025-01-01

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