The A-Index of world cotton prices (the red line) generally parallels ICE cotton futures (the green line) at a premium. China’s internal cotton price (the blue line) is usually higher than world prices, and this has been the case in recent months with the uptrend in Chinese prices. For the week ending February 20, 2025, China’s cotton day-to-day price pattern was flat-to-higher. The weekly pattern of the A-Index of world cotton prices was more mixed.