< p > at present, the cotton storage enterprises in Huangdao bonded area are in the replenishment period of warehousing. Although most of the enterprises have reached a high level of warehousing, imported cotton is still in continuous pportation.

Qingdao Hong Chuan Logistics Co., Ltd. is a large scale cotton logistics enterprise in the bonded area. Its stock of more than 20000 square meters is near full warehouse.

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< p > in another large scale < a href= "//m.pmae.cn/news/index_c.asp" > cotton logistics < /a > Enterprise -- Qingdao Jinyu Logistics Co., Ltd., the futures Daily reporter saw that the warehouse of the company was full, and the imported cotton store stock reached 35 thousand to 40 thousand tons of full load state, and some cotton could only be hoarded in the open space outside the warehouse.

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< p > this year, great changes have taken place in the country of origin of imported cotton, and high quality cotton has been repurchased and snapped up.

The number of countries importing cotton has changed, mainly due to the decline in the number of imported cotton.

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< p > one reason is that most of the low-priced cotton in early signing was bought back. Another reason is that the volume of contracts increased in Turkey, Mexico, Vietnam and other countries, occupying the share of China's importers.

It is understood that as of the end of February, Turkey signed a total of 419 thousand tons of cotton in the United States this year, ranking first in China.

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< p > because of the small volume and strong demand, American cotton has been snapped up by domestic textile enterprises, and the price of American cotton is rising every day.

However, India cotton with slightly inferior quality has less volume and larger inventory.

Compared with the average stock in previous years, it can be found that the share of India's cotton stock accounts for 50%, while that of the United States and cotton accounts for 25% - 30%.

It is also understood that Australia cotton inventory in recent years has increased, accounting for 10% - 15%.

Other cotton stocks are Brazil cotton and Central Asian cotton, and their overall share is about 10%.

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< p > reporter learned from the communication with a href= "//m.pmae.cn/news/index_c.asp" > cotton < /a > warehouse managers, the regularity of imported cotton arrival time is relatively strong. The peak of storage period is from December to February of next year, and gradually decreases from March to 7, August to the lowest value. Then, 10 and November continue to replenishment until the next year.

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The sales cycle of < p > a href= "//m.pmae.cn/news/index_c.asp" > Import Cotton < /a > is basically the same as that of the inventory cycle, and is closely related to the demand change of the downstream garment industry, that is, the peak season of sales in March every year, and then the demand decreases, until October, it will enter the next peak of demand.

At the same time, according to the difference of cotton quality requirements between different seasons, the sales status of cotton with different quality and grade is different.

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< p > for example, in March, the knitted sweater sweater knitted in spring and summer was the main market. The market had higher requirements for the three silk of cotton, and the textile enterprises preferred three silk high-quality cotton and Australian cotton.

And in the second half of the year, especially after October, textile enterprises mainly produce Christmas orders and winter clothing for the European and American countries. At this time, the demand of cotton enterprises for cotton quality is not high, and the quantity of cotton in India is better.

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< p > it is also understood that although the warehouse in the bonded area is full, the current import volume of cotton is still down sharply compared with the same period last year. The main reason is that our government has regulated the import cotton market. Most of the imported cotton and the imported cotton in the warehouse have completed the relevant import procedures before December last year.

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In February, China imported 246 thousand tons of cotton, a decrease of 46 thousand tons, a decrease of 15.94%, a decrease of 133 thousand tons compared with the same period last year, a decrease of 35%, according to the P.

Since the beginning of this cotton season (from September 2013 to February 2014), China has imported 1 million 663 thousand tons of cotton, a decrease of 544 thousand tons compared with the same period last year, a decrease of 24.7%.

Among them, in the first two months of this year, the total import of cotton was 539 thousand tons, a decrease of 298 thousand tons compared with that of the previous year, a decrease of 35.6%.

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