Monthly Cotton Economic Newsletter: December 2025

Recent Price Movement Most cotton benchmarks were stable over the past month. Around the end of late November, the NY/ICE March contract tested levels near 65 cents/lb but has since retreated to values closer to 63 cents. The A Index was range-bound, but drifted lower within its range, easing from 76 to 74 cents/lb over the past month. The Chinese Cotton Index (CC Index 3128B) was also generally steady, but it moved slightly higher, from 94 to 96 cents/lb in international terms. In domestic terms, v ...