The Quality Of Imported Cotton In The United States And India Has Declined Significantly.

Since the year 2011, cotton prices have dropped sharply and imported cotton has attracted many textile enterprises.

According to customs statistics, accumulated in the first 11 months of 2011 Imported Cotton 2 million 575 thousand tons increased 8.3% compared with the same period last year. Although a large number of imported cotton has eased the needs of enterprises to some extent, some foreign cotton traders have imported large quantities of cotton from China, some enterprises are not familiar with the rules of international trade, and have been adulterated, adulterated, and even added unreasonable clauses in claims.

The quality of imported cotton is not up to standard, and the quality of the imported cotton can not be ignored.

Recently, the Zhanjiang inspection and quarantine department also found a lot of quality problems such as foreign fibers and hazardous materials from a batch of imported cotton. 1084 batches of cotton and 187 tons of weight were found during the inspection. The cotton was detected by the opposite sex. fibre The average content is 36.90 g / ton and the content of heterosexual fiber is high. The impurity content of cotton is 8%.

Shandong imports about 40% of the country's total cotton imports. Data show that 1~10 inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Shandong province has detected 3131 batches of imported cotton and 709 thousand tons of imported cotton products worth 2 billion 140 million US dollars this year, accumulatively helping enterprises claim more than 40 million dollars. Shandong provincial inspection and Quarantine Bureau Industrial Products Center cotton laboratory data show that this year, the laboratory has imported 500 batches of India cotton inspection found that the 38 batches of short fiber mixed with mixed goods accounted for 11.1% of the weight of imported cotton in India. Of the 38 batches of imported cotton samples collected in India, there were 20 batches of samples doped over 10%, of which the highest proportion of doped samples was even more than 70%.

Zhangjiagang is the third largest cotton import port in China. The amount of imported cotton in Zhangjiagang accounts for about 11% of the country's imports, accounting for 54% of Jiangsu's imports. This year, 1~11 inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Zhangjiagang accepted the 1295 batch of 290 thousand tons of imported cotton inspection, valued at $780 million. It is reported that the quality of imported cotton in Zhangjiagang has dropped. The inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Zhangjiagang has examined the 796 batch of inspection failed to pass the inspection. The 720 batches of cotton failed the pass rate of 90.5%. The main unqualified items include weight, grade, length, fineness, strength, and short quantity of cotton bags, cotton mildew, and short cotton fibers.

1~11 inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Zhangjiagang found 10 batches of mildew and rotten cotton bags, cotton short fibers, whole package of waste cotton and empty containers in the whole package. Of the 1 batches of India cotton suppliers provided by 1 cotton suppliers in India, one of the imported containers was empty containers, resulting in a total short weight of over 5% of the total weight. The imported cotton has been tested. U.S.A The quality of cotton arrived in India was worse than that in the same period last year. In addition, due to the excessive rainfall in Australia this year, the color grade of cotton has declined compared with previous years. The grade reduction rate of Australian cotton grade examination is 12.6%, which is higher than that of the whole year.