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Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) Cotton waste Export quantity
What is Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)'s cotton waste export quantity (t)? As of 2023, it's 830.2 Tons, up from 349.1 Tons in 2014.
| Label | Cotton waste Export quantity (t) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 349.09 Tons |
| 2015 | 398.09 Tons |
| 2016 | 2536.64 Tons |
| 2017 | 1771.68 Tons |
| 2018 | 1043.89 Tons |
| 2019 | 727.57 Tons |
| 2020 | 473.77 Tons |
| 2021 | 1355.42 Tons |
| 2022 | 772.11 Tons |
| 2023 | 830.2 Tons |
Data Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Wantstats Repository
Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) Cotton waste Export quantity: Key Points
- The 2014-2023 run puts Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)'s cotton waste Export quantity at 830.20 t by the end, up from 349.09 t at the start — a rise of some 138%.
- 2016: shoots up to 2.54K t (+537%).
- 2018: drops hard to 1.04K t (-41%).
- 2021: leaps to 1.36K t (+186%).
- 2022: caves in to 772.11 t (-43%).
- Overall move from 2014 to 2023: 137.8% gain, settling at 830.20 t.
Why Trade Collapsed in 2020
The absence of a clean trend is itself informative — it suggests Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)'s underlying conditions here are unsettled or the measurement is noisy, not that nothing is happening.
This isn't a local trade failure — 2020's disruption to global supply chains and demand hit trade flows broadly, not just here.
This rebound fits a global pattern: as economies reopened in 2021, trade flows recovered broadly, driven by pent-up demand and easing restrictions worldwide.
Check the source link for methodology before quoting a specific year from this chart — Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)'s underlying statistics agency, like most, revises and re-estimates historical figures as better data comes in.
This is a small trade volume in absolute terms — at this scale, a single shipment, buyer, or contract can move the national total by a large percentage. Don't read year-to-year swings here as an economy-wide signal.
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