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Vietnam largest supplier of cotton textiles to China in Q1

10 Jun '22
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Pic: 123rf.com
Pic: 123rf.com

Vietnam was the largest supplier of cotton textiles (HS code 52 comprising cotton fibre, yarn and fabric) to China during the first quarter of 2022. US and Brazil took the second and third spot respectively in China’s total cotton textile imports during the quarter. The three countries together accounted for more than two-thirds of China’s total imports.

China imported cotton textiles worth $2.874 billion in January-March 2022, compared to $2.171 billion in October-December 2021, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. The figure was $2.355 billion in July-September 2021, $2.812 billion in April-June 2021 and $3.245 billion in January-March 2021.

An analysis of Texpro data revealed that Vietnam supplied $688.095 million of cotton textiles to China in the first quarter of the current year. This was followed by the US with $687.109 million, and Brazil at $575.256 million in January-March 2022.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)

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