Luo Lin, deputy director of the China Council for supply and marketing cooperatives, said recently that under the influence of the international financial crisis, the world economic growth continued to be depressed, and the demand of the main economies was insufficient. The global "a" target= "_blank" href= "//m.pmae.cn/" > textile < /a > goods and a target= "_blank" href= "_blank" > clothing trade > declined significantly. As a big country of cotton production and consumption and a big exporter of textiles and clothing, China's cotton textile situation is still not optimistic this year. < /p >
< p > Luo Lin said that although the area of cotton production in the world's main producing countries has been reduced, the situation of oversupply has improved, and the export of textile and clothing has also resumed growth in China. However, the environment with insufficient demand has not changed. If the cotton market continues to slump, the sustainable development of the whole cotton textile industry will face severe challenges. < /p >
< p > according to Zhou Shengtao, President of China Cotton Association, at present, the external demand of textile and clothing has not fundamentally improved, the export situation is still grim, domestic demand power is still insufficient, the risk of cotton industry is increasing, and the cost of cotton planting has risen sharply in recent years, and the enthusiasm of cotton growers has decreased. Cotton planting area will drop by 6.7% in the 2013 year, and cotton production will continue to shrink. < /p >
< p > Luo Lin said that facing the plight of the current cotton industry development, the cotton enterprises of the supply and marketing cooperative system should actively enter the market to purchase cotton, serve the national cotton market macro regulation and control at the same time, accelerate the pace of transformation and upgrading, and lead the whole industry to enhance the market competitiveness and the overall development level. < /p >
< p > supply and marketing cooperatives have been responsible for the purchase and sale of cotton throughout the country since 1954. They have acquired processing sites and experienced professional teams all over the cotton area and are in the leading position in cotton purchasing, warehousing and circulation. In 2012, the supply and marketing cooperative system acquired 3 million 700 thousand tons of cotton, accounting for about 50% of the total cotton output in China. < /p >