Conversion Factors

Statistical Bale Weights in Major Cotton Growing Countries around the World

Australia = 227 kilos
Colombia = 233 kilos
Egypt = 327 kilos = 720 lbs
India / Pakistan = 170 kilos
Mexico = 220 kilos
Nigeria = 185 kilos
South Africa = 200 kilos
Sudan = 191 kilos = 420 lbs
Tanzania = 181 kilos = 400 lbs
Uganda = 182 kilos
USA = 218 kilos = 480 lbs

Weight

1 arroba = 15 kilos
1 candy = 355.62 kilos
1 cantar = 50 kilos
1 centner = 100 kilos (some European countries = 50 kilos)
1 dan = 50 kilos
1 Indian quintal = 2.6792 maunds = 100 kilos
1 jin (China - seed cotton) = 0.50 kilos
1 kilogramme = 2.20462 lbs
1 maund = 37.3242 kilos
1 Spanish quintal = 46 kilos
1 tonne = 1,000 kilos

Units

1 crore = 100 lakh = 10,000,000
1 lakh = 100,000

Area

1 acre = 0.4047 hectare
1 feddan = 1.038 acres = 0.42 hectares
1 hectare = 2.471 acres
1 manzana = 1.72 acres = 0.696 hectares
1 sq metre = 1.19603 sq yards
1 stremma = 0.1 hectares
15 mu = 1 hectare

Length

1 inch = 25.4 mm
1 metre = 1.0935 yards