Vegetable Oils - Cottonseed: Market Size & Forecast 2026

The global cottonseed oil market sits at approximately USD 6.0 billion in 2025 (base year), shaped by a feedstock chain anchored in lint-cotton ginning economics, a food-versus-fuel demand split that now leans more clearly toward industrial offtake, and a processing industry where the top five agribusiness houses move roughly 45 to 55 percent of merchant volume. Crude degummed cottonseed oil benchmarks cluster in a USD 980 to 1,080 per metric tonne band across the major regions in 2026, while refined and specialty grades carry 80 to 150 USD/MT premia over crude. We expect a 3.4 percent CAGR through 2032 off a USD 6.0 billion 2025 base. > **Analyst Take. Our view: the consensus 3.4 percent CAGR understates the demand tension in renewable diesel feedstock, which is the single most under-priced pocket in the category. Cottonseed oil is a feedstock-anchored consumable with a mature food base

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