ICE Futures U.S. Cotton No. 2 · Dec 2026 87.24 ¢/lb · Base-grade bale $418.75 · Cash / spot 79.98 ¢/lb · Cotlook A 92.4 ¢/lb · SLM 1-1/16″ color 41 leaf 4 staple 34 · 480 lb net USDA statistical bale · As of 11 September 2026

South Asia · BD · Chittagong mill-delivered import

Bangladesh

A base-grade ICE bale in Bangladesh is $472.32+12.8% versus the US nearby.

Bale

$472.32

217.7 kg net

Cents per pound

98.4 ¢

SLM 1-1/16″ equivalent

vs ICE

+12.8%

Rank 10 of 41

Bales per $1,000

2.12

US buys 2.39

Local quote

Currency
BDT · taka
FX / USD
122 BDT
Per kilogram
265.53 BDT
Per bale
57,812 BDT
Implied PPP
138.058 BDT / USD
Market FX
122.400 BDT / USD

The implied PPP rate is richer than the market rate — taka looks overvalued on a cotton basket.

The physical

Role
Import mill
Production
150K bales
Mill use
8M bales
Source
Chittagong mill-delivered import
Tier
mill

Almost no crop. The quote is mill-delivered imported SLM into Chittagong — A-index plus freight, duty and inland.

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