Cotton Imports Continue To Fall, Nearly Half Of Australia'S Cotton Ratio.

Monthly report on cotton imports in China (September 2019)

In September, the number of cotton imports in China continued to decline over the same period last year. In the mode of trade, the general trade occupies the first place. The customs special supervision area logistics goods and the bonded supervision place are basically equal to the entry and exit goods, respectively, in the second place and third place. Among the country of origin, Australia has the most cotton and the proportion is close to 50%, followed by the US and Brazil.

According to customs statistics, China imported 83 thousand and 300 tons of cotton in September 2019, a decrease of 9.3% from last month, a decrease of 38.4% over the same period last year, and an average import price of 1917 US dollars / ton, down 8 US dollars compared with 8 months, or 0.4%, down 10.7% from the same period last year. In the first 9 months of 2019, it imported 1 million 517 thousand and 500 tons, an increase of 36.3% over the same period last year.

According to China Customs statistics, in September, textile and clothing exports were US $24 billion 520 million, down 7.85% compared to the same period last year, down 4.64%. Among them, export textiles amounted to 9 billion 765 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 7.88%, a decrease of 2.5% in the ring ratio, and an export garment of 14 billion 755 million US dollars, a decrease of 7.83% over the same period last year, and a decrease of 6.01% in the ring. In 1-9 months, China's exports totaled 201 billion 950 million US dollars, down 2.7% from the same period last year, of which textiles amounted to US $89 billion 159 million, down 0.1% from the same period last year, and clothing 112 billion 795 million US dollars, down 4.7% from the same period last year. In September, China's cotton yarn imports 150 thousand tons, down 16.7% compared with the same period last year. In 1-9, China's cotton yarn imported 1 million 480 thousand tons, down 8.07% compared with the same period last year.

In September, the import and export volume of general trade and bonded supervision places increased, while others decreased, and general trade ranked first.

In September, Australia, the main source country, grew first.

In September, the average import prices of all trade modes were 0.94% and 4.30%, respectively, while the goods and goods in special trade areas supervised by general trade and customs were reduced by 8.41% and 2.23% respectively.

The average import prices of the five main source countries increased by 5.01% and 0.09% in Brazil and Uzbekistan, while 6.25% and 1.62% in the United States and Australia.