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This is your Daily Cotton Price Tracker with Vanessa Clark podcast.
Hey friends, welcome back to the Daily Cotton Price Tracker with me, Vanessa Clark. Today, were diving into the latest on cotton prices, global trends, and what it all means for you.
Right now, cotton futures are holding mostly steady this Thursday morning, with front months like March 2026 trading around 63.97 cents per pound, up a slight 0.24 cents from recent sessions according to Fibre2Fashion reports. But by midday, we saw some pullback with 10 to 32 point losses across key contracts, as Nasdaq notes, even as crude oil climbed to 65.33 per barrel, making cotton a bit more competitive against polyester. In China, SunSirs pegs the benchmark at 15,942 RMB per ton, up 2.53 percent from early January, fueled by pre-holiday buying and steady demand.
Export sales are a bright spot, with 203,666 running bales sold last week, shipments hitting 257,036 bales, the biggest since May per Nasdaq data. The Cotlook A Index sits at 74.15 cents, and US stocks are low at just 8,600 bales. Chinas imports surged in December to 177,000 tons, mostly from Brazil and Australia, while their association forecasts higher production at 7.278 million tons for 2025-26.
On the policy front, US Congressman Greg Murphy and Terri Sewell introduced the Buying American Cotton Act, offering tax credits to boost demand for homegrown cotton amid fast fashion pressures pushing synthetics, as Fibre2Fashion highlights. Plus, a new trade deal with El Salvador strengthens our supply chain, per the National Council of Textile Organizations.
Takeaway for you: If youre trading or farming, watch tomorrows USDA export report for demand clues, and consider hedging with these steady prices. Keep an eye on oil and dollar moves too.
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