Cotton Imports Decline, Garment Industry Orders Warmer

In April, due to the soaring cotton in China, the import volume of cotton increased again. According to the General Administration of customs, China imported 70 thousand tons of cotton in April 2016, an increase of 12 thousand and 100 tons, an increase of 20.90%, a decrease of 90 thousand and 600 tons and a decrease of 56.41% compared with the same period last year. In 2016, China imported 279 thousand and 700 tons of cotton, a decrease of 329 thousand and 100 tons, a decrease of 54.05% tons.

In September 2015 -2016 April, China imported 645 thousand and 400 tons of cotton, a decrease of 524 thousand and 800 tons compared with that of the previous year, a decrease of 44.85%.

May 5, 2016, the 119th Canton Fair

Curtain down.

The cumulative export turnover was 182 billion 288 million yuan, an increase of 0.1% over the Spring Fair of 2015.

This is the first time that the export volume of the five Canton Fair and the number of overseas purchasers have been double down for the first time in the past three years, and the turnover of textile and garment exhibition areas has reached 401 million US dollars, a decrease of 7.54% compared to the same period, an increase of 6.88% over the same period last year.

The export stability has been a shot in the arm.

The new order index of cotton textile industry continued to uplift in April, and the cotton textile industry's low level has also provided support for the cotton market.

In the early May, the sowing work in the Xinjiang and the Yellow River river basins basically ended, and the seedlings in the Yangtze valley were over. In the middle of May, most of the new cotton plants entered the fifth true leaf stage, and some of them even entered the bud.

Xinjiang meteorological stations across the country have issued 13 meteorological disaster warning information, including gale, rainstorm, dust and lightning.

Widespread rainfall in Northern Xinjiang, heavy rain in some areas and dust storms in southern Xinjiang caused damage to cotton growing areas in Xinjiang in varying degrees.

Therefore, in general, the new year

The supply declined, and later continued to pay attention to the growth of new cotton.

The output of new cotton is expected to decline in 2016.

According to statistics, the cotton planting area in the whole country is 42 million 610 thousand mu, 9% less than last year, and the decrease was 1 percentage points higher than that of last month. The actual sowing area in Xinjiang was stable at 30 million 500 thousand mu, a decrease of 5% over the same period last year. The mainland sown area was 12 million 110 thousand mu, a decrease of 16% over the same period last year, a decrease of 2 percentage points from the previous month, mainly due to the enlargement of the actual sowing area in the the Yellow River River Basin.

According to the projections of the average production per capita in the past three years, it is estimated that the total output of cotton in 2016 will be 4 million 600 thousand tons, down 2% from the same period last year, of which the total output of Xinjiang is 3 million 690 thousand tons, up 4% from the same period last year; the total output of the mainland is 910 thousand tons, a decrease of 20% over the same period last year.