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Cotton bale weight in kg
In India, one cotton bale is 170 kg of lint. So 100 bales is 17,000 kg (17 tonnes), and 1 lakh bales is 17,000 tonnes.
Type in either box; the other updates.
Formula
kg = bales × 170 · tonnes = bales × 0.17
Indian cotton statistics, including crop and consumption estimates, are reported in bales of 170 kg each.
Example: The 2025-26 crop of 290.91 lakh bales × 170 kg = about 4.95 million tonnes, which matches the published figure.
Bales to Kilograms chart
| Bales | Kilograms |
|---|---|
| 1 | 170 |
| 5 | 850 |
| 10 | 1,700 |
| 25 | 4,250 |
| 50 | 8,500 |
| 100 | 17,000 |
| 500 | 85,000 |
| 1,000 | 170,000 |
| 10,000 | 1,700,000 |
| 100,000 | 17,000,000 |
Kilograms to Bales chart
| Kilograms | Bales |
|---|---|
| 170 | 1 |
| 1,000 | 5.88 |
| 5,000 | 29.41 |
| 17,000 | 100 |
| 100,000 | 588.24 |
Source
ANGRAU Agricultural Market Intelligence Centre, Cotton Outlook Report 2022 (Table 1 note: 'Bale - 170 kg'). Checked 10 November 2026.
Questions buyers ask
Is a US bale the same?
No. Bale sizes differ by country, so convert using the bale size of the market you are reading.
Is the 170 kg lint or seed cotton?
Lint (ginned cotton). Seed cotton (kapas) is traded by quintal, not by bale.
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