The Quality Problem Of Imported Cotton Is Frequent &Nbsp, And The Dead Rat'S Foreign Fiber Is Detected.

Since 2011, cotton prices have been substantially reduced, and low price imported cotton has attracted many textile enterprises. According to customs statistics, total imports in the first 11 months of 2011 cotton 2 million 575 thousand tons, an increase of 8.3% over the same period last year. Although a large number of imported cotton has eased the needs of enterprises to some extent, some foreign cotton traders have imported large quantities of cotton from China, and some enterprises are not familiar with the rules of international trade rules. They are adulterated, adulterated, and even add unreasonable clauses in claims. Imported The quality of cotton is not up to standard, and the quality of the imported cotton can not be ignored.

The quality of imported cotton decreased significantly.

Recently, inspection and quarantine officers of the Zhanjiang inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Guangdong, at the Xiashan port of Zhanjiang, carried out a quarantine inspection of a number of containers entering and loading the cotton from abroad. 1 dead rats were found on the spot. This is the fourth time that the inspection and Quarantine Bureau has seized rats from containers imported from cotton. After investigation and analysis by the inspection and quarantine personnel, the batch of cotton may not close the box door in time after being packaged in a certain country, and the hygienic condition of the goods storage place is poor, and the mice and other harmful organisms are more, thus causing the rats to run into the container and spanport them to the Zhanjiang port with the goods. In order to prevent the introduction of infectious diseases and epidemics, the Zhanjiang inspection and Quarantine Bureau has carried out sanitary disposal of the containers imported from cotton according to the relevant regulations of the state.

According to reports, the amount of cotton imported from Zhanjiang port ranks the top three in Guangdong province. Since the beginning of this year, the Bureau has not only found rats in foreign cotton, but also detected many kinds of pests such as saw Valley pirates, red grain beetles and beetles. Recently, the Zhanjiang inspection and quarantine department also found a lot of quality problems such as foreign fibers and hazardous materials from a batch of imported cotton. A total of 1084 packages of cotton and 187 tons of weight were found in the batch. During the inspection, there were large quantities of foreign fibers, including grass, silk, rags, hairs and so on. After testing, the average foreign fiber content of the batch was 36.90 g / ton, the content of foreign fiber was high, and the impurity content of cotton was 8%.

　　 Shandong Cotton imports account for about 40% of the country's total imports. Data show that in 1~10 months this year, the Shandong inspection and Quarantine Bureau detected 3131 batches of imported cotton and 709 thousand tons of imported cotton products, with a value of 2 billion 140 million US dollars, which helped companies to claim more than 40 million dollars. Shandong provincial inspection and Quarantine Bureau Industrial Product Center cotton laboratory data show that since this year, the laboratory has imported 500 batches of India cotton. The inspection found 38 batches of short fiber doped, and the weight of doped goods accounted for 11.1% of the weight of imported cotton in India. Of the 38 batches of imported cotton samples collected in India, 20 batches of samples were over 10%, of which the highest proportion of doped samples was even more than 70%.

Zhangjiagang is the third largest cotton import port in China. The amount of imported cotton in Zhangjiagang accounts for about 11% of the total imports of the country, accounting for 54% of the total imports of Jiangsu. This year, 1~11 inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Zhangjiagang accepted the 1295 batch of imported cotton inspection, 290 thousand tons, and the value was 780 million US dollars. It is reported that the quality of imported cotton in Zhangjiagang has declined, and the Zhangjiagang inspection and Quarantine Bureau has examined 796 batches of certificates. The 720 batches of cotton failed to pass the inspection, and the batches failed to pass the rate of 90.5%. The main unqualified items include weight, grade, length, fineness, strength, and short quality of cotton bags, cotton mildew, and short cotton fibers.

In 1~11 months, the Zhangjiagang inspection and Quarantine Bureau found 10 batches of mildew and rotten cotton bags, cotton short fibers, whole package of waste cotton and empty containers in the whole package. Among them, 1 India cotton suppliers provided 1 batches of India cotton, one of which was empty container, resulting in the total weight of the total shortage rate of up to 5%. In the imported cotton, the quality of cotton arrived in the United States and India was worse than that in the same period last year. In addition, due to the excessive rain in Australia this year, the color of cotton is gray, and the grade is lower than in previous years. The grade reduction rate of Australian cotton grade examination is 12.6%, higher than that of the whole year. {page_break}

Textile enterprises must understand the rules of international trade

For the main reason for the decline in the quality of imported cotton, Zhangjiagang inspection and Quarantine Bureau cotton inspection expert Gu Xiaobin said, first of all, foreign cotton suppliers contract performance situation has declined. There are two cases of foreign cotton contract performance falling. First, the credibility of imported cotton suppliers is bad. Since the second half of last year, the international cotton prices have been rising rapidly, and cotton international trade is based on futures prices for spot and forward pricing. When cotton prices rise in the future, some foreign cotton suppliers with bad reputation are not performing well at delivery time, and there is a lack of delivery, cross over or even adulteration. Two is the shortage of international cotton supply. Last year, due to climate disasters and other factors caused the international cotton production decline, and the international cotton because of rising prices, the trade is very active, so there is a tight supply of cotton, foreign cotton traders in the delivery of cotton delivery difficulties, in order to fulfill the contract, or to extend the shipment date, or delivery of cotton futures delivery, so that cotton quality can not be guaranteed and the contract requirements are consistent.

Second, cotton contract index is too high, resulting in the spot quality can not meet the requirements. With the development of imported cotton trade, the scope of importing cotton trade is also expanding. Some domestic cotton enterprises are not aware of the cotton quality and characteristics when importing cotton from other countries. The cotton grades, specifications and other indicators in the contract are required to be implemented according to the grade of the United States cotton standard, and the quality of cotton in the country is not up to the requirements of the contract, resulting in some cotton index being unqualified. In addition, the United States and India cotton accounted for the largest proportion of cotton imports in the Zhangjiagang region, so directly leading to the increase of cotton import failed rate.

The quality problems of imported cotton are frequent. How should cotton enterprises link up with the international cotton trade rules, resist inferior cotton and safeguard their own rights and interests? For this reason, Gu Xiaobin suggests that the vast majority of cotton trade enterprises should follow the following three points to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.

First, we should further enhance our awareness of self-protection. When importing cotton, enterprises should know more about the characteristics and quality of cotton, and import suitable cotton according to their own needs and purposes. Imported cotton belongs to the legal inspection goods in our country. The arrival of cotton should be applied for inspection in time, so that the inspection and quarantine department can timely verify the claims for foreign claims.

The two is to further improve the content of the contract. In the import cotton trade contract, it is necessary to clearly define the cotton purchase clause, and use the CCIQ certificate as the basis for the settlement of the two sides. For example, the calculation method of imported cotton weight has net settlement, public reversion settlement and restricted reversion settlement. In view of the high cotton regain rate in India, when importing India cotton, it can increase the restriction terms of moisture regain, and reduce the loss caused by the high moisture regain of cotton.

The three is to further avoid quality disputes. In March 15, 2009, the State Quality Inspection Administration formally implemented the registration management and quality credit management system for overseas cotton supply enterprises imported from mainland China. Domestic enterprises can choose reputable cotton merchants as trading partners according to the credit situation of overseas cotton supply enterprises issued by the State Quality Inspection Administration, and reduce the risk of cotton quality caused by traders' credit problems.