Generally for prompt shipment. Prices for certain qualities were computed using

value differences.

2 Not quoted.

NOTE.-Table shows prices of 5 selected qualities of U.S. cotton and equivalent qualities of 7 specified foreign growths from 1952 to date. The price data, c.i.f., Liverpool, are representative of the prices paid by Western European importers for cotton. Prices in other foreign import markets, such as Le Havre, Bremen, and Milan, usually approximate those for Liverpool.

95547-63-pt. 1--10

Cotton-World exports by country of origin, 1950-62 (bales of 500 pounds gross weight)