Since its first purchase of cotton from Spain during 2003–04, China has steadly gone about doing so even as late as in the current year.
China's Aug-Sep 2005–06 purchase of 14535 cotton bales from Spain, shows Chinese spinners love for Spanish cotton.
Dominated by SM 1-1/8", the 2005/06 Spanish crops were again of excellent quality.
Total exports of cotton bales from Spain were 45,226 bales during the August through September (2005–06) and China was the major importer during this period.
Algeria (7309 bales), Belgium (6,137 bales) and the United Kingdom (4,621 bales) have been other exports destinations for Spanish cotton.