Cotton (A Index)
2.10US$/kg▼ 0.5% vs Aug 2026
Latest observation Sept 2026
- Latest
- 2.10
- Change
- +223.1%
- Year on year
- +22.1%
- High
- 5.06 Mar 2011
- Low
- 0.60 Aug 1969
- Average
- 1.48
- Volatility
- 16.9%
Cotton (A Index) is 2.10 US$/kg (Sept 2026), 223.1% higher than in Jan 1960. Over the last year: +22.1%.
What is this?
The world market price of cotton (a index) (US$/kg).
Cotton is grown by smallholders in the north; farmgate prices are set each season and differ from the world price.
How to read it
Higher means the commodity sells for more on world markets.
Unit: US$/kg.
Measure: Global benchmark price.
What does the data say?
Cotton (A Index) is 2.10 US$/kg (Sept 2026), 223.1% higher than in Jan 1960. Over the last year: +22.1%.
Over all 801 observations since Jan 1960, the highest was 5.06 (Mar 2011) and the lowest 0.60 (Aug 1969).
Why does it matter?
- Households: Affects local prices only where Mozambique imports the product.
- Businesses: Exporters earn more when world prices rise; importers pay more.
- Government: Royalties and export taxes move with world prices.
- Investors: Commodity exposure of Mozambique's exports.
- Mobile money: Indirect; mainly through incomes in producing regions.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 801 (Jan 1960 – Sept 2026)
- Source published
- 2026-10-02
- Last retrieved
- 2026-10-17
- Method
- Monthly average in nominal US dollars. Column "Cotton, A Index" ($/kg).
- Limitations
- A world market price, not the price Mozambican producers or exporters actually receive, nor the export unit value in customs data.
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