Textile Industry Downturn Xinjiang Port Cotton Imports Reduced

Under the influence of China's cotton purchasing and storage policy and the downturn of the textile industry, cotton imports in Xinjiang port showed a continuous downward trend in 2013. 3800 ports in Xinjiang Port imported a total of 189 thousand and 600 batches of goods, weighing 189 thousand and 600 tons, with a value of 352 million US dollars, down 27.3%, 26.3% and 34.8%, respectively.

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< p > reporter learned from < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > Xinjiang < /a > entry exit inspection and quarantine department, Uzbekistan is still the main port of origin of Xinjiang port "a href=" //www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp "cotton > /a >, accounting for more than 90% of the total cotton imports at Xinjiang port.

Last year, Xinjiang Port imported cotton for Xinjiang local enterprises to use 543 batches, cargo weight of 34 thousand and 100 tons, the rest are pferred to Shandong, Jiangsu and other coastal areas.

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< p > according to the relevant person in charge of the entry exit inspection and Quarantine Department of Xinjiang, due to the reduction of cotton production in Uzbekistan and other places, and the weakening of domestic cotton market demand, and the decline of cotton production required by cotton spinning enterprises, the number of cotton imports at Xinjiang port decreased significantly last year.

In addition, the state requires textile enterprises to buy a certain proportion of national cotton stores when importing foreign cotton, which also restricts the enthusiasm of enterprises to import cotton to a certain extent.

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< p > industry analysis shows that the influence of domestic and foreign cotton price gap widening, domestic a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > textile industry < /a > downturn and cotton demand is not strong, and other factors, which has spawned China's domestic cotton enterprises to enter and store as the most important sales channels. "Mainstreaming" is still the main feature of China's new cotton purchase last year.

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< p > at present, Xinjiang's cotton output occupies half of the total cotton output in China, and is the most advantageous cotton producing area.

Last year, the cotton planting area in Xinjiang reached 25 million 380 thousand mu, an increase of 680 thousand mu compared with the previous year, and the total output of cotton was 3 million 400 thousand tons, an increase of 20 thousand tons compared with the previous year.

Beginning this year, Xinjiang will put an end to the policy of open storage and storage of cotton and start a pilot project to make direct subsidy to cotton farmers.

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< p > Xinjiang is located in the northwestern part of the motherland and the hinterland of Eurasia. It borders on 8 countries, namely Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India with a boundary line of up to more than 5600 km. It is the province with the most neighboring countries and the longest border line.

In 1982, the state approved the opening of the red border port at the border between China and Brazil, and the opening of the Sino Soviet border in Huoerguosi and the port of the port at the time of 1983.

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< p > Xinjiang is an important channel of the ancient "Silk Road". Since ancient times, it has had close and frequent economic and cultural exchanges with Central Asia, Western Asia, South Asia and Europe, and there are many traditional business routes and ports.

With the implementation of the strategy of opening up along the border, Xinjiang has become the frontiers of opening up to the west of China. By the end of 2007, 17 ports had been opened to the outside world through the approval of the State Council and the autonomous region, and 12 of the two ports.

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