What is the price of cotton per kilogram/pound in Singapore today?
The retail price range for Singapore cotton is between US$ 3.50 and US$ 6.13 per kilogram or between US$ 1.59 and US$ 2.78 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cotton in Singapore
The retail price range in Singapore Dollar for cotton is between SGD 4.70 and SGD 8.24 per kilogram or between SGD 2.13 and SGD 3.74 per pound(lb) in Singapore and Bishan.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Singapore cotton is between US$ 2.45 and US$ 4.29 per kilogram or between US$ 1.11 and US$ 1.95 per pound(lb).
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Singapore Cotton Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of cotton per kilogram from Singapore over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 1.65 US dollars per kilogram, followed by a significant increase to 2.53 US dollars per kilogram in 2018. The price then dropped to 1.7 US dollars per kilogram in 2019, before rising to 3.84 US dollars per kilogram in 2020. The most recent year, 2021, saw the highest price of 47.14 US dollars per kilogram. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price of cotton per kilogram from Singapore will remain high in the coming years, with an estimated price of around 50 US dollars per kilogram in 2023 and 2024.The Singapore cotton exports are categorised as:
- Garnetted stock of cotton (HS code 520291)
- Cotton yarn waste, incl. thread waste (HS code 520210)
- Cotton waste (excluding yarn waste, thread waste and garnetted stock) (HS code 520299)
- Cotton, neither carded nor combed (HS code 520100)
- Cotton, carded or combed (HS code 520300)
- Cotton linters (HS code 140420)
Singapore Cotton Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Cotton into Singapore over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 1.65 US dollars per kg, followed by a significant increase to 2.53 US dollars per kg in 2018. This was followed by a further increase to 3.84 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then skyrocketed to 17.37 US dollars per kg in 2020, before reaching an all-time high of 47.14 US dollars per kg in 2021. This trend of increasing prices is expected to continue in the coming years, with an estimated price of around 50.00 US dollars per kg for 2023 and 55.00 US dollars per kg for 2024.Export values for Singapore cotton
The total values in export for cotton in Singapore were US$ 15,870, US$ 8,531, US$ 1,370 and US$ 1,056 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Singapore cotton - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of cotton sold by Singapore in 2020 was 65 tonnes. In 2019 Singapore sold 275 tonnes of cotton. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Singapore cotton (processed category) has shrunk, changing by -49.262 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cotton's exports decreased by -94.67 percent netting the country US$1.06m for the year 2019. Singapore's cotton exports are classified as:
- Cotton waste (excluding yarn waste, thread waste and garnetted stock) (HS code 520299)
- Cotton linters (HS code 140420)
- Cotton yarn waste, incl. thread waste (HS code 520210)
- Cotton, neither carded nor combed (HS code 520100)
- Cotton, carded or combed (HS code 520300)
- Garnetted stock of cotton (HS code 520291)
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Singapore cotton export values
In 2019, Singapore sold cotton costing 1.06m USD, a drop of -22.63% from 2018's total cotton export of 1.37m USD. The yearly change in value of Singapore cotton between 2017 to 2018 was -83.941 pc.
The per year variation in the quantity of Singapore's cotton exports between 2017 and 2019 was -94.67 pc when compared to a variation of -49.262% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Singapore's stake of the world's total cotton's exports in 2019 was 1.2 percent. Singapore holds number 10 in world exports of cotton.
Export markets for Singapore cotton ( in '000$ )
Singapore's top destinations for cotton are Brazil, South Korea, China, Japan and Sri Lanka.
Import/Export Trends
Singapore is a net importer of cotton. The annual growth of Singapore cotton in value between 2015 to 2019 was 112%, per year, while annual growth in quantity was %, per annum.
Singapore brought in 1,250 tonnes of cotton in 2019.