Enterprises' Willingness To Purchase Raw Materials Increased Year On Year And Decreased Month On Month

According to the survey of purchasing intention, at the beginning of February, enterprises preparing to purchase cotton accounted for 50.8%, with a decrease of 18.9 percentage points on a month on month basis, and an increase of 4.9 percentage points on a year-on-year basis; 43.1% of the enterprises with a wait-and-see attitude increased by 12.7 percentage points on a month on month basis, and a year-on-year decrease of 4.8 percentage points; those who did not intend to purchase accounted for 6.2%, up 6.2 percentage points month on month and 0.1 percentage points lower than the same period.

At the beginning of February, 93.8% of the sampling enterprises planned to stabilize the cotton blending ratio, with a decrease of 2.6% and 3 points on a month on month basis, and a decrease of 6.2% on a year-on-year basis; 4.6% of the enterprises planned to increase the cotton blending ratio by 1.1 percentage points on a month on month basis and 4.6% on a year-on-year basis; 1.5% of the enterprises planned to reduce the cotton blending ratio, increasing by 1.5% month on month and the same period.