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Kraft Pulp to Cotton Ratio

The kraft pulp to cotton ratio is 5488 Kraft Pulp at $4,884.00 per Metric Ton divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.

Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.

Metric Ton

Kraft Pulp to Cotton ratio

5488-26.60% / 1Y

1.000 T of kraft pulp = 5,487.6 Lb of cotton

Inverse (CT/K-PULP): 0.0001822 — one Pound of cotton buys that much kraft pulp.

Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (3th percentile of the last 1 year)

Kraft Pulp

$4,884.00

per Metric Ton

Cotton

$0.8900

per Pound

Unit basis: USD per Metric Ton ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Metric Ton of kraft pulp. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:24:48 GMT.

1Y average

7049

median 7313

1Y low

5256

Aug 20, 2026

1Y high

8684

Dec 24, 2025

Normal band

6156–7942

mean ± 1 std dev

Deviation from mean

-1.75σ

239 observations

Kraft Pulp to Cotton ratio charts

Pick a range once — it applies to the K-PULP/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Kraft Pulp / Cotton price chart below.

K-PULP/CT ratio line

How many Lb of Cotton one T of Kraft Pulp buys, over 1Y.

K-PULP/CT ratio candles

Open, high, low and close of the K-PULP/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.

Kraft Pulp and Cotton prices

Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.

How to calculate the kraft pulp to cotton ratio

Kraft Pulp to Cotton ratio = Kraft Pulp price per Metric Ton ÷ Cotton price per Pound

The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Metric Ton of kraft pulp — rather than a plain count.

Worked example, live prices: $4,884.00 ÷ $0.8900 = 5488. The inverse is 0.0001822.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the kraft pulp to cotton ratio today?

The kraft pulp to cotton ratio is 5488 — Kraft Pulp at $4,884.00 per Metric Ton divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.

How do you calculate the kraft pulp to cotton ratio?

Divide the kraft pulp price per Metric Ton by the cotton price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cotton per Metric Ton of kraft pulp.

What is the inverse of the kraft pulp to cotton ratio?

The inverse, cotton to kraft pulp, is 0.0001822 — how many Metric Tons of kraft pulp one Pound of cotton buys.

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