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My country’s imports of cotton increased by 90% year-on-year in 2020/2021

Customs statistics show that my country imported 280,000 tons of cotton in March 2021, a decrease of 10,000 tons from February, a decrease of about 3%, but an increase of 80,000 tons from the same period in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 40%. Since 2020/2021 (September 2020-March 2021), my country has imported about 1.94 million tons of cotton, an increase of 90% year-on-year. Among them, American cotton, Brazilian cotton, Indian cotton, and West African cotton rank among the top. Central Asian cotton (Mainly Uzbekistan cotton) imports continued to decline significantly, while Greek cotton, Mexican cotton, Argentine cotton and other niche origins and brands imported sporadically. Some cotton-related companies stated that although the base of cotton imports in the first half of 2020 was relatively low due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and the global wide-scale vaccination of vaccines has rapidly recovered and rebounded cotton consumption, my country’s cotton imports have increased by more than 90% year-on-year since 2020/2021. % Is still surprising. Considering that my country imported 970,000 tons of cotton in the first quarter of 2021, a year-on-year increase of 59%, the growth time of cotton imports this year is mainly concentrated from September 2020 to December 2020.

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