Cotlook A Index, CFR Far East averaged $2.11/kg in August 2026, +22% over twelve months and +19% over ten years. The nominal all-time high was $5.06/kg in March 2011; in 2024 dollars the real peak was $13.34/kg in January 1974. Monthly averages, World Bank Pink Sheet.
Cotlook A Index, CFR Far East
Derived price statistics per series
Series
Latest
1 month
12 months
5 years
10 years
20 years
All-time high (nominal)
All-time high (real, 2024 US$)
Cotlook A Index, CFR Far East $/kg, since 1960
2.11 August 2026
+8%
+22%
-5%
+19%
+60%
5.06 March 2011
13.34 January 1974
Percentage changes compare the latest monthly average with the monthly average 1, 12, 60, 120 and 240 months earlier. Real prices deflate by the US consumer price index (BLS via FRED) to 2024 dollars.
Prices are monthly benchmark averages that may lag the market; informational only, not investment, legal or trade advice. For what these benchmarks mean and how they are set, see how cotton is priced.
Monthly cotton prices by decade
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Cotlook A Index, CFR Far East ($/kg)
Cotlook A Index, CFR Far East monthly prices, 1960s, $/kg
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1960
0.65
0.65
0.65
0.64
0.65
0.66
0.66
0.65
0.66
0.67
0.67
0.66
0.656
1961
0.66
0.68
0.67
0.67
0.68
0.68
0.68
0.67
0.67
0.68
0.66
0.66
0.672
1962
0.66
0.66
0.66
0.66
0.66
0.66
0.65
0.64
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.65
0.649
1963
0.66
0.65
0.65
0.64
0.64
0.64
0.64
0.64
0.65
0.65
0.64
0.64
0.645
1964
0.66
0.66
0.65
0.65
0.66
0.66
0.65
0.64
0.65
0.65
0.64
0.64
0.651
1965
0.64
0.67
0.65
0.65
0.65
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.62
0.62
0.62
0.637
1966
0.62
0.62
0.64
0.62
0.62
0.62
0.62
0.62
0.61
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.623
1967
0.64
0.66
0.66
0.66
0.66
0.67
0.67
0.68
0.69
0.7
0.71
0.72
0.677
1968
0.72
0.71
0.71
0.71
0.71
0.7
0.69
0.68
0.66
0.66
0.63
0.62
0.683
1969
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.62
0.61
0.6
0.61
0.63
0.65
0.66
0.628
Cotlook A Index, CFR Far East monthly prices, 1970s, $/kg
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1970
0.64
0.65
0.66
0.66
0.66
0.67
0.67
0.68
0.69
0.7
0.71
0.72
0.676
1971
0.73
0.74
0.73
0.73
0.75
0.79
0.8
0.83
0.83
0.82
0.82
0.85
0.785
1972
0.89
0.9
0.87
0.87
0.86
0.83
0.78
0.74
0.73
0.78
0.81
0.86
0.827
1973
0.89
0.91
0.96
1.03
1.15
1.22
1.46
1.67
1.91
1.93
1.75
1.82
1.39
1974
1.99
1.84
1.69
1.61
1.47
1.4
1.32
1.33
1.32
1.26
1.17
1.09
1.46
1975
1.05
1.06
1.09
1.16
1.22
1.23
1.25
1.31
1.33
1.32
1.3
1.35
1.22
1976
1.47
1.52
1.54
1.56
1.61
1.8
2
1.92
1.88
1.92
1.91
1.84
1.75
1977
1.75
1.86
1.92
1.89
1.78
1.61
1.57
1.51
1.43
1.39
1.41
1.42
1.63
1978
1.46
1.53
1.58
1.6
1.63
1.6
1.55
1.59
1.63
1.67
1.73
1.71
1.61
1979
1.68
1.67
1.69
1.64
1.68
1.7
1.7
1.71
1.72
1.72
1.77
1.82
1.71
Cotlook A Index, CFR Far East monthly prices, 1980s, $/kg
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1980
1.93
2.1
2.03
2
1.96
1.89
1.98
2.12
2.2
2.17
2.16
2.2
2.06
1981
2.18
2.12
2.04
1.98
1.95
1.93
1.89
1.77
1.7
1.67
1.65
1.58
1.87
1982
1.55
1.54
1.55
1.58
1.69
1.67
1.73
1.66
1.6
1.55
1.52
1.54
1.6
1983
1.58
1.64
1.74
1.77
1.81
1.9
1.95
2
1.98
1.94
1.97
1.97
1.85
1984
1.93
1.93
1.95
1.96
1.97
1.85
1.74
1.66
1.61
1.62
1.6
1.59
1.78
1985
1.57
1.51
1.48
1.46
1.43
1.39
1.34
1.26
1.18
1.08
1.06
1.06
1.32
1986
1.14
1.2
1.15
1.07
1
0.9
0.83
0.82
0.96
1.13
1.16
1.3
1.06
1987
1.45
1.45
1.39
1.46
1.69
1.75
1.84
1.91
1.84
1.68
1.67
1.66
1.65
1988
1.59
1.49
1.46
1.45
1.45
1.52
1.4
1.27
1.25
1.27
1.29
1.35
1.4
1989
1.39
1.39
1.46
1.63
1.71
1.74
1.83
1.83
1.8
1.81
1.81
1.71
1.68
Cotlook A Index, CFR Far East monthly prices, 1990s, $/kg
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1990
1.66
1.68
1.74
1.83
1.89
1.99
2.01
1.79
1.79
1.79
1.82
1.85
1.82
1991
1.85
1.87
1.86
1.83
1.82
1.78
1.7
1.62
1.55
1.5
1.4
1.36
1.68
1992
1.31
1.24
1.22
1.28
1.34
1.41
1.44
1.32
1.25
1.17
1.16
1.2
1.28
1993
1.26
1.33
1.36
1.35
1.33
1.3
1.27
1.22
1.22
1.21
1.21
1.31
1.28
1994
1.53
1.78
1.8
1.85
1.9
1.89
1.8
1.69
1.66
1.63
1.71
1.92
1.76
1995
2.11
2.23
2.44
2.51
2.53
2
1.93
1.88
2.01
2.01
1.97
1.94
2.13
1996
1.9
1.87
1.83
1.83
1.83
1.83
1.76
1.68
1.66
1.66
1.68
1.75
1.77
1997
1.76
1.77
1.78
1.74
1.75
1.78
1.79
1.79
1.76
1.71
1.7
1.64
1.75
1998
1.59
1.52
1.51
1.45
1.42
1.52
1.54
1.5
1.46
1.36
1.24
1.23
1.45
1999
1.23
1.24
1.25
1.27
1.32
1.29
1.2
1.12
1.09
1.05
1.02
0.97
1.17
Cotlook A Index, CFR Far East monthly prices, 2000s, $/kg
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
2000
1.05
1.18
1.26
1.29
1.33
1.31
1.29
1.34
1.36
1.34
1.41
1.45
1.3
2001
1.41
1.33
1.2
1.13
1.1
1.05
1
0.96
0.91
0.82
0.84
0.95
1.06
2002
0.96
0.94
0.93
0.91
0.88
0.96
1.03
1.09
1.08
1.09
1.15
1.22
1.02
2003
1.25
1.29
1.35
1.34
1.28
1.29
1.33
1.33
1.41
1.6
1.7
1.62
1.4
2004
1.67
1.63
1.59
1.53
1.54
1.42
1.26
1.19
1.24
1.16
1.08
1.07
1.37
2005
1.13
1.16
1.24
1.26
1.23
1.19
1.21
1.19
1.21
1.28
1.25
1.25
1.22
2006
1.29
1.32
1.27
1.24
1.2
1.22
1.22
1.32
1.3
1.26
1.27
1.31
1.27
2007
1.3
1.28
1.29
1.26
1.22
1.34
1.5
1.47
1.5
1.52
1.54
1.53
1.4
2008
1.61
1.65
1.77
1.66
1.63
1.7
1.7
1.72
1.62
1.37
1.21
1.22
1.57
2009
1.27
1.22
1.14
1.25
1.37
1.35
1.43
1.42
1.41
1.47
1.58
1.68
1.38
Cotlook A Index, CFR Far East monthly prices, 2010s, $/kg
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
2010
1.71
1.76
1.89
1.94
1.99
2.05
1.86
1.99
2.31
2.79
3.41
3.7
2.28
2011
3.94
4.7
5.06
4.78
3.65
3.18
2.69
2.52
2.58
2.44
2.31
2.1
3.33
2012
2.23
2.22
2.19
2.2
1.95
1.81
1.85
1.86
1.86
1.81
1.78
1.84
1.97
2013
1.89
1.98
2.08
2.03
2.04
2.05
2.04
2.04
1.99
1.97
1.87
1.93
1.99
2014
2.01
2.07
2.14
2.08
2.04
2
1.85
1.63
1.62
1.55
1.49
1.51
1.83
2015
1.48
1.54
1.53
1.58
1.61
1.6
1.6
1.58
1.52
1.52
1.53
1.55
1.55
2016
1.52
1.47
1.44
1.53
1.55
1.63
1.79
1.77
1.72
1.73
1.74
1.75
1.64
2017
1.82
1.88
1.91
1.92
1.95
1.87
1.85
1.75
1.78
1.73
1.77
1.88
1.84
2018
2.01
1.95
2.03
2.03
2.08
2.15
2.12
2.08
1.99
1.91
1.91
1.9
2.01
2019
1.82
1.79
1.85
1.92
1.77
1.71
1.67
1.56
1.57
1.63
1.65
1.67
1.72
Cotlook A Index, CFR Far East monthly prices, 2020s, $/kg
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
2020
1.74
1.69
1.49
1.4
1.45
1.49
1.51
1.54
1.56
1.65
1.71
1.79
1.59
2021
1.92
2.05
2.02
2
2
2.08
2.15
2.23
2.29
2.59
2.79
2.65
2.23
2022
2.91
3.05
3.11
3.42
3.61
3.4
2.89
2.74
2.59
2.2
2.23
2.22
2.86
2023
2.21
2.19
2.1
2.1
2.07
2.04
2.05
2.11
2.16
2.11
1.99
2
2.09
2024
2.03
2.2
2.2
1.99
1.91
1.83
1.79
1.76
1.82
1.84
1.8
1.76
1.91
2025
1.72
1.72
1.71
1.73
1.72
1.73
1.74
1.73
1.72
1.68
1.66
1.63
1.71
2026
1.64
1.63
1.7
1.9
2.03
1.9
1.96
2.11
1.86
Method
Nominal prices are the source's monthly averages in US dollars, stored in the source's unit and never mixed on one chart. Real prices divide each month by the US consumer price index for all urban consumers (BLS series CPIAUCSL, via FRED) and multiply by the 2024 average, so they read as "2024 dollars". Changes are ratios of monthly averages. The all-time high is the highest monthly average, not an intraday peak.
Cite as: Commodity Origins, "Cotton price history (1960–2026)", https://commodityorigins.com/prices/cotton/, data 2026-09-02. Data updated 6 September 2026.