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Chinese textile firms find problems with Indian cotton

31 May '13
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In recent years, the consumption of cotton by China has increased sharply due to rapid development of the Chinese textile industry.
 
This has necessitated Chinese textile firms to import large amounts of raw material like cotton from other countries.  A part of this cotton naturally came from India, as the South Asian country is the second largest cotton exporter in the world.
 
However, the Chinese enterprises importing cotton from India often find some problems. At the top of the list is packaging. Indian exporters generally pack cotton with cloth, and hence during long-distance transportation, some cotton gets damaged, scattered or contaminated, resulting in losses to Chinese cotton firms.
 
According to Chinese importers, grade consistency of Indian cotton is poor, which seriously harms the interests of domestic cotton enterprises. Moreover, presence of impurities and foreign fibres is found in Indian cotton, which brings many troubles to production.
 
Also, there have been instances where cotton imported from India was found to have rotten cotton and obsolete cotton mixed in it.
 
Lastly, there have been problems related to underweight, as water content gets evaporated during long storage and long-distance transportation, resulting in weight that is lower than the declared quantity.
 

Fibre2fashion News Desk - China

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