Cotton Incorporated

Final Cotton Crop Quality Summary Reports

These reports contained in this section provide annual summaries of the quality data for the U.S. Cotton Crop.

Here’s how the 2018 data compares with the 2017 data.

U.S. Average	Final 2017	Final 2018
Total White Grade	89.3 %	80.9 %
Total Light Spotted Grade	08.4 %	16.0 %
Average Micronaire	4.05	4.39
Average Length (32/in)	36.4 (32/in)	36.5 (32/in)
(inches)	1.137 in	1.140 in
Average Strength	29.91 (g/tex)	29.90 (g/tex)
Number of Bales Classed	19,720,995	16,920,623