Cotton : The Sector
Production data
› Production in 2019 : 714,714 tons of cotton lint (or seed cotton)
› Handmade and unprepared Harvest
› Average length : 1.125 inch
› Resistance : 32 g/tex
› Micronaire : 3.8 up to 4.2
› Uniformity : 80% in average
› Benin 1st export product
› 60% of Benin’s industrial fabric : 18 ginning plants, 5 textile units, 3 cotton seed crushing plants and one absorbent cotton manufacture
› Growing areas : regions of South Alibori, East Atacora, Borgou, Collines, North-East Zou and Donga
Market data
› Current percentage of cotton processed into fibers : 100 %
› Local Market : 1%
› Export : 99%
› Contribution to national GDP : 13%
Source: Investment and Exports Promotion Agency
Main stakeholders in the sector
Cotton Inter-professional Association (AIC) :
› Cotton Producers (CNPC)
› National Council of Agro Inputs Importers and Distributors (CNIDIC)
› National Council of Cotton Ginners (CNEC)
