Nearly two months, China's cotton import quantity continues to decline. According to the customs statistics, in May 2011, China imported 145000 tons of cotton, a decrease of 66000 tons, April; 31.3% pay cut 27% less than the same period last year; Average import prices continue to rise, for the first time more than us $3200 / mt, to $3201 / ton, a rise in April to $35, or 1.1%. One of the American imports seventy percent above, African cotton imports increased to nearly twenty percent, accounting for only 1% cotton, India.

2011 years ago, five months accumulative total imports cotton 1.21 million tons, down 11.8% from the same period last year; 2010 in the first nine months of the year accumulative total imports of 2.09 million tons, an increase of 9.1%.

Source "the Chinese textile nets"

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