What is the price of cotton in Japan?

As of January 2025, cotton in Japan is US$ 2.92 per kg (403 JPY), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

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

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Cotton Prices in Japan

US$ 2.92 / kg

403 JPY / kg

MoM ▼ 94.7% YoY ▼ 94.7%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (JPY)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	2.92	403	▼ 94.7%	▼ 94.7%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the cotton price in Japan available is US$ 2.92 per kg (403 JPY), down 94.7% year-on-year.

Japan exported cotton valued at US$22,191 in 2024, with no recorded export volume, ranking 72nd out of 102 exporters and accounting for 0.0% of global exports. The export value increased by 180.4% year-on-year. The latest export unit value for cotton is US$2.9181 per kg. Japan is a net exporter of cotton.

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $22.2K (0.4 t) of cotton▲ 180.4% YoY. That ranks #72 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$22.2K

Export value

0.4 t

Export volume

#72 / 102

World rank

Global share

$55.2

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 Japan · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$22.2K	0.4 t	$55.2
2023	$7.9K	0.1 t	$67.65
2022	$152.9K	64.3 t	$2.38
2021	$549.8K	178 t	$3.09
2020	$174.1K	105.6 t	$1.65

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.

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

The volume of cotton sold by Japan in 2020 was 2,540 tonnes. In 2019 Japan shipped 1,955 tonnes of cotton. Through 2019 alone, the market for Japan cotton (processed category) has climbed, recording a change of 9.218 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cotton's exports grew by 23.11% bringing the exporter US$6.36m for the year 2019. Japan's cotton exports are categorised as:

Cotton, neither carded nor combed (HS code 520100)
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 linters (HS code 140420)
Cotton, carded or combed (HS code 520300)

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Japan cotton export values

In 2019, Japan supplied cotton valued at 6.36m USD, an increase of 27.35% from 2018's total cotton export of 4.994m USD. The annual growth in value of Japan cotton between 2017 to 2018 was 7.306 percent.

The per year variation in the quantity of Japan's cotton exports between 2017 and 2019 was 23.11 percent compared to a variation of 9.218% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Japan's stake of the world's total cotton's exports in 2019 was 4.6 pc. The country is ranked number 6 in world exports of cotton.

Export markets for Japan cotton ( in '000$ )

Japan's top destinations for cotton are India, Turkey, Malaysia, US and Angola.

Import/Export Trends

Japan is a net exporter of cotton. The annual growth of Japan cotton in value between 2015 to 2019 was -5%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was -28%, per annum.

Japan procured 90,397 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 Malaysia$1.61/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 Japan

Latest prices for other processed in Japan:

Natural Honey$10.25/kg cottonseed oil$6.61/kg Cheese$11.74/kg Chocolate$6.64/kg Cocoa Beans$5.59/kg Castor Oil$3.29/kg Wine$19.27/kg Butter$13.89/kg Mineral water$0.39/kg Sausages$10.39/kg Beer$0.97/kg Coffee$20.05/kg Tomato Juice$1.29/kg Whey$3.75/kg Yerba mate$65.83/kg

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