Where to find buyers
Where to find buyers for Raw cotton
Cotton that is not carded or combed, sold to spinning mills and raw-material merchants. Cotton yarn and T-shirts are later products.
Importing countries
HS 520100 is cotton, not carded or combed. Carded cotton, yarn, and garments are later headings and are not in these figures.
Official description: Cotton; not carded or combed. Period 2024, flow import, partner World. Retrieved 2026-10-27. Reporters in the response: 141. The preview count matched the stored rows.
| # | Reporter | primaryValue USD | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 5314161292.0 | 2,608,556,860.0 kg |
| 2 | Türkiye | 1524913244.0 | 779,980,125.0 kg |
| 3 | India | 989059295.448 | 451,425,869.0 kg |
| 4 | Indonesia | 811283270.0 | — |
| 5 | Pakistan | 743924860.369 | 372,034,000.0 kg |
| 6 | Malaysia | 301335307.905 | 144,791,203.765 kg |
| 7 | Egypt | 271226741.704 | 126,642,546.999 kg |
| 8 | Thailand | 186615099.575 | 92,080,738.0 kg |
Figures are Comtrade primaryValue literals. Aggregate partners (World, Areas, nes, and Other …, nes) are omitted. Rank in this table is by primaryValue among the reporters kept.
Top 5 channels on the free ranking
The free tier on this page is the top 5. The $19 report adds 8 more channels and 13 outreach angles, one on every channel.
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
O*NET 13 (United States occupation classification)-1021.00 farm-product buyers are the occupation that contracts cotton. Money is 5. Authority is 5. Need is 5.
Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills
NAICS 313110 (United States industry classification) is fiber, yarn, and thread mills. Money is 5 because spinning starts with lint. Authority is 4. Need is 5 because cotton not carded or combed is the mill's raw material.
China — reported imports of HS 520100
primaryValue 5314161292.0 USD (5,314,161,292.0) · 2024 imports from World · rank 1 of 140
China reported primaryValue 5314161292.0 USD (shown with separators as 5,314,161,292.0) for HS 520100 imports from the world in 2024. That number is the UN Comtrade public-preview CIF primary value for partner World. Reported quantity: 2,608,556,860.0 kg (quantity not flagged as estimated). Money is 5 because this reporter ranks 1 of 140 reporters in that response by primaryValue. Authority is 4 because the country is where the buyers are: importers and distributors there hold the purchase order, and the country itself does not. Need is 5. The official heading names this product, so the import value is a direct Comtrade measure of recorded trade in it. Official commodity description: Cotton; not carded or combed. The preview count matched the rows stored (141), under the 500-row cap.
Source: UN Comtrade public preview API, HS 520100, 2024 imports from World
Purchasing Managers
O*NET 11 (United States occupation classification)-3061.00 Purchasing Managers at mills approve the lint supplier. Money is 4. Authority is 5. Need is 4.
Source: O*NET OnLine, United States occupation classification, 11-3061.00 — Purchasing Managers
Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 424590 (United States industry classification) wholesales farm raw materials, including cotton moving toward mills. Money is 4. Authority is 4. Need is 5.