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Chinese cotton imports skyrocket in Feb

14 Mar '12
1 min read

Chinese imports shot up in February after witnessing a decline in January.

China imported 616,000 tons of cotton in February 2012, up 289,600 tons, or 88.7 percent from the previous month.

The February cotton import figure was also up a stupendous 234.4 percent from a year earlier, revealed Chinese customs statistics.

China has totally imported 2.6161 million tons of cotton in 2011/12, an increase of 1.15 million tons, or 79.15 percent year on year.

Fibre2fashion News Desk - China

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