According to the latest report from the U.S. Agricultural Counselor, the cotton planting area in Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal is expected to reach 1.3 million hectares in 2021/22, a year-on-year increase of 77%, and the output is expected to increase by 87% to 2.31 million bales. Due to increased market demand and rising international cotton prices, cotton exports from Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal are expected to be 2.26 million bales.
Specifically, Mali’s cotton planting area is 700,000 hectares, a year-on-year increase of 324%, and the output is expected to increase by 353% to 1.29 million bales. Exports are expected to increase by 45% to 1.26 million bales. Currently, Malian cotton has been shipped out and stored in the ports of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and Abidjan. The 2020/21 cotton will be sold and shipped in May 2021.
The cotton planting area in Senegal is 19,000 hectares, a year-on-year increase of 6%, and the output is expected to increase by 5% to 40,000 bales. Export volume is expected to be 41,000 bales, unchanged year-on-year.
The cotton planting area in Burkina Faso is 590,000 hectares, a year-on-year increase of 6%, and the output is expected to increase by 8% to 985,000 bales. Export volume was 960,000 packages, a year-on-year decrease of 12%.
The cotton planting area and output of the above three countries in 2020/21 were 739,000 hectares and 1.24 million bales respectively, a year-on-year decrease of 44% and 45% respectively. The main reason is that the area and output of Mali Production dropped significantly.
In 2021/22, the cotton planting area in Côte d’Ivoire is expected to be 450,000 hectares, a year-on-year increase of 2%, the output is expected to be 1.1 million bales, a year-on-year increase of 8.9%, and the export volume is 1.15 million bales. , a year-on-year decrease of 4%. </p
