What is the price of cotton per kilogram/pound in Mexico today?
The retail price range for Mexico cotton is between US$ 1.49 and US$ 1.54 per kilogram or between US$ 0.68 and US$ 0.70 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cotton in Mexico
The retail price range in Mexican Peso for cotton is between MXN 26.55 and MXN 27.39 per kilogram or between MXN 12.04 and MXN 12.42 per pound(lb) in Mexico City and Guadalajara.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Mexico cotton is between US$ 1.05 and US$ 1.08 per kilogram or between US$ 0.47 and US$ 0.49 per pound(lb).
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Mexico cotton - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Mexico shipped 92,275 tonnes of cotton. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Mexico cotton (processed category) has improved, with a change of 5.794 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cotton's exports increased by 104.91% netting Mexico US$149.55m for the year 2019. Mexico's cotton exports are categorised as:
- Cotton, carded or combed (HS code 520300)
- Cotton, neither carded nor combed (HS code 520100)
- Cotton yarn waste, incl. thread waste (HS code 520210)
- Garnetted stock of cotton (HS code 520291)
- Cotton linters (HS code 140420)
- Cotton waste (excluding yarn waste, thread waste and garnetted stock) (HS code 520299)
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Mexico cotton export values
In 2019, Mexico exported cotton worth 149.55m USD, a surge of 9.21% from 2018's total cotton export of 136.942m USD. The yearly increase in value of Mexico cotton between 2017 to 2018 was 111.226 percent.
The per year variation in the amount of Mexico's cotton exports between 2017 and 2019 was 104.91 percent when compared to a variation of 5.794% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Mexico's portion of the world's total cotton's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Mexico holds number 18 in world exports of cotton.
Export markets for Mexico cotton ( in '000$ )
Mexico's best performing export markets for cotton are Pakistan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, US and Sri Lanka.
Import/Export Trends
Mexico is a net exporter of cotton. The annual growth of Mexico cotton in value between 2015 to 2019 was -63%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -58%, per annum.
Mexico bought 3,388 tonnes of cotton in 2019.