| Year | Crop in bales | Exports | % of dom. takings |
| (of 500 lbs.) | |||
| 1790 | 3 | 1 | 66 |
| 1850 | 2,136 | 1,854 | 13 |
| 1860 | 3,841 | 615 | 84 |
| 1870 | 4,024 | 2,922 | 28 |
| 1880 | 6,356 | 4,453 | 30 |
| 1890 | 8,562 | 5,850 | 32 |
| 1900 | 10,266 | 6,806 | 33 |
| 1910 | 12,005 | 8,205 | 32 |
| 1915 | 12,122 | 6,405 | 47 |
| 1917 | 12,428 | 4,587 | 64 |
| 1919 | 12,028 | 6,760 | 44 |
| 1921 | 8,351 | 6,479 | 23 |
| 1922 | 10,369 | 5,049 | 52 |
| (Expressed in thousands of bales) | |||
WORLD’S COTTON PRODUCTION
1908
WORLD’S COTTON PRODUCTION
1922-3
WORLD’S COTTON CONSUMPTION
1908