Cotton, Cotton Outlook 'A Index', Middling 1-3/32 inch staple, CIF Liverpool, US cents per pound (JAN-1980 - OCT-2007 ) |
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| Year | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC |
| 1980 | 88.72 | 97.21 | 93.53 | 90.56 | 88.40 | 84.14 | 88.87 | 96.37 | 101.12 | 98.69 | 98.03 | 99.16 |
| 1981 | 99.51 | 95.85 | 91.72 | 88.65 | 87.51 | 86.36 | 85.27 | 80.72 | 77.24 | 75.00 | 72.01 | 67.75 |
| 1982 | 69.97 | 69.98 | 70.44 | 71.15 | 76.69 | 75.64 | 78.47 | 76.40 | 72.82 | 70.21 | 69.04 | 69.26 |
| 1983 | 71.88 | 74.32 | 79.11 | 80.22 | 81.96 | 86.01 | 88.44 | 90.80 | 89.85 | 88.11 | 89.12 | 89.36 |
| 1984 | 87.80 | 87.44 | 88.43 | 88.99 | 88.88 | 83.73 | 78.99 | 75.52 | 73.16 | 73.62 | 72.67 | 71.99 |
| 1985 | 71.40 | 68.67 | 67.21 | 66.26 | 65.07 | 63.00 | 61.10 | 57.00 | 54.20 | 48.84 | 48.12 | 48.19 |
| 1986 | 51.82 | 54.51 | 52.24 | 48.50 | 45.42 | 41.03 | 37.44 | 37.03 | 43.50 | 51.23 | 52.81 | 59.71 |
| 1987 | 65.68 | 65.85 | 63.09 | 65.85 | 76.90 | 79.30 | 83.24 | 86.60 | 83.61 | 76.19 | 75.83 | 75.08 |
| 1988 | 72.19 | 67.49 | 66.34 | 65.75 | 65.58 | 68.78 | 63.43 | 58.41 | 56.74 | 57.64 | 58.61 | 61.26 |
| 1989 | 63.13 | 62.96 | 66.02 | 73.75 | 77.34 | 78.86 | 83.01 | 82.97 | 81.45 | 82.10 | 82.13 | 77.62 |
| 1990 | 75.20 | 75.96 | 78.90 | 82.87 | 85.60 | 90.18 | 91.79 | 81.28 | 81.28 | 81.36 | 82.43 | 83.86 |
| 1991 | 83.71 | 84.88 | 84.23 | 83.43 | 84.17 | 83.84 | 81.02 | 73.47 | 70.33 | 67.94 | 64.10 | 61.76 |
| 1992 | 59.62 | 56.30 | 55.33 | 57.99 | 60.59 | 63.89 | 65.29 | 59.75 | 56.65 | 53.12 | 52.69 | 54.00 |
| 1993 | 57.29 | 60.55 | 61.45 | 61.07 | 60.17 | 58.48 | 57.99 | 55.50 | 55.16 | 54.91 | 54.91 | 58.74 |
| 1994 | 67.94 | 79.97 | 81.77 | 83.25 | 86.04 | 86.20 | 82.02 | 76.94 | 75.29 | 73.88 | 76.91 | 86.38 |
| 1995 | 94.78 | 99.96 | 110.47 | 113.22 | 115.85 | 104.36 | 95.98 | 84.65 | 91.10 | 91.53 | 89.29 | 88.43 |
| 1996 | 85.91 | 86.79 | 83.23 | 83.00 | 82.89 | 83.13 | 79.84 | 76.71 | 75.36 | 75.43 | 75.91 | 78.29 |
| 1997 | 79.77 | 80.40 | 80.63 | 78.82 | 79.26 | 80.51 | 81.18 | 81.21 | 79.64 | 77.75 | 77.22 | 74.35 |
| 1998 | 72.14 | 68.84 | 68.43 | 65.70 | 64.36 | 68.94 | 69.86 | 68.18 | 66.39 | 61.46 | 56.08 | 56.00 |
| 1999 | 55.78 | 56.19 | 56.71 | 57.74 | 59.90 | 58.50 | 54.41 | 50.98 | 49.48 | 47.43 | 46.21 | 44.20 |
| 2000 | 47.43 | 53.44 | 57.30 | 58.77 | 60.50 | 59.47 | 58.39 | 60.89 | 61.64 | 60.89 | 63.98 | 65.86 |
| 2001 | 64.18 | 60.44 | 54.56 | 51.16 | 49.97 | 47.46 | 45.55 | 43.33 | 41.26 | 37.22 | 37.96 | 42.87 |
| 2002 | 43.42 | 42.81 | 42.04 | 41.38 | 39.89 | 43.48 | 46.70 | 49.32 | 48.98 | 49.56 | 52.33 | 55.22 |
| 2003 | 56.71 | 58.55 | 61.01 | 60.78 | 57.80 | 58.50 | 60.19 | 60.50 | 64.18 | 72.56 | 76.94 | 73.59 |
| 2004 | 76.24 | 73.92 | 72.28 | 69.44 | 70.04 | 64.63 | 57.02 | 53.47 | 56.68 | 52.52 | 49.24 | 48.60 |
| 2005 | 51.26 | 52.17 | 56.24 | 56.95 | 55.84 | 53.99 | 54.97 | 54.07 | 54.95 | 58.24 | 56.83 | 56.53 |
| 2006 | 59.01 | 60.75 | 58.62 | 57.18 | 55.41 | 56.42 | 56.73 | 59.85 | 58.82 | 57.03 | 57.40 | 59.43 |
| 2007 | 59.05 | 57.89 | 58.41 | 57.18 | 55.57 | 60.44 | 67.81 | 66.62 | 68.21 | 68.93 | ||