The 2018/19 Australia cotton crop is estimated at 2.5 million 480-pound bales (0.544 million metric tons), down 0.1 million bales or 4 percent from last month and down 2.3 million bales or 48 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 0.3 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but down 43 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 1,814 kilograms per hectare, 6 percent below the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact James.Crutchfield@fas.usda.gov.)