Seeds - Cotton: Market Size & Forecast 2026

The global cotton planting-seed market sits at approximately USD 1.8 billion in 2025 (base year), growing at a 5.2 percent CAGR to reach roughly USD 2.7 billion by 2032. A structurally tight supply environment, driven by decades of germplasm consolidation into patented trait stacks controlled by four major agri-chemical houses, sits against a demand base anchored by roughly 34 million hectares of planted cotton area globally. Reference pricing for US-origin planting seed averaged USD 3,200/MT in 2026-Q2 per industry pricing benchmarks, while the EU-equivalent landed EUR 3,450/MT and Asia-origin seed ran USD 2,950/MT over the same period. The single most consequential near-term risk for buyers is the Section 301 List 3 duty framework: 25 percent on Chinese-origin seed and planting material, in force since 10 May 2019, has already rerouted supply chains, and the November 2026 USTR four-yea

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