New Cotton New Sheets Sell For Less Than 40% This Year.

Quilt with cotton wadding

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"The price is rising, so many people are spending money on new cotton instead of controlling it."

Zhao Hongmei, a businessman in Beijing Caishikou small commodity wholesale market, said that the cotton price of 12 yuan a year last year has risen to 20 yuan, and the wholesale price has risen by nearly 70%.

The price has gone up, but

Mr. Cao made an account to reporters. "20 pounds of cotton can be made 4 bed double quilt, a quilt of 5 kilograms of weight is equivalent to 100 yuan, and the 5 kilograms double quilt on the market is priced at 200 yuan."

Apart from the manual cost, it is still nearly half cheaper to make homemade quilts than to buy finished cotton quilts.