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 third. The source countries, Australia cotton the most, the proportion is close to 5, and the United States and Brazil are ranked behind.

According to customs statistics, China imported 83 thousand and 300 tons of cotton in September, 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 1-9, China imported 1 million 517 thousand and 500 tons of cotton, an increase of 36.3% over the same period last year.

According to customs statistics, in September, exports of textiles and clothing were US $24 billion 520 million, down 7.85% compared to the same period last year, down by 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, China exported 201 billion 950 million US dollars in textile and clothing, down 2.7% from the same period last year. Among them, export textiles amounted to 89 billion 159 million US dollars, down 0.1% compared with the same period last year, and export clothing was 112 billion 795 million US dollars, down 4.7% compared with the same period last year. In September, China imported 150 thousand tons of cotton yarn, down 16.7% compared to the same period last year. In 1-9, China imported 1 million 480 thousand tons of cotton yarn, down 8.07% from 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 price of each trade mode was 0.94% and 4.30%, while the general cargo trade and customs special supervision area increased by 8.41% and 2.23% respectively.

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