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China’s cotton imports fall as domestic price drops

09/09/2022

Customs data from China has revealed that the volume of raw cotton imported into the country in the 2021-2022 season (August 2021 to July 2022) was slightly more than 1.7 million tonnes. 

In season 2019-2020, when covid-19 restrictions were at their peak, the figure was around 1.6 million tonnes, but in season 2020-2021, Chinese mills imported more than 2.8 million tonnes of raw cotton.

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