Market Demand Exceeds Supply, Tai'An Imports Long Staple Cotton For The First Time

< p > recently, the Tai'an inspection and Quarantine Bureau first accepted the import inspection of Turkmenistan long staple cotton, and the long staple cotton has been in short supply in China. This is the first time that our city has imported long staple cotton.

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< p > > a href= "http://? Www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > cotton < /a > according to category, there are long staple cotton, medium rank cotton and coarse cotton. Among them, long staple cotton is also known as island cotton, which is native to South America and spread to southeast coastal islands of North America. Its market price is 1.6 times higher than that of ordinary cotton because of its long fiber, glossy white, good elasticity and excellent quality.

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< p > long staple cotton has the characteristics of low yield, high value and high added value of downstream products compared with ordinary cotton. At present, the demand of the whole world is increasing year by year.

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< p > at present, the main producing areas of long staple cotton in the world, such as Egypt, Sultan, CIS, the United States, Peru and Xinjiang, are restricted by the geographical location and growth environment.

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The output of < p > Xinjiang a href= "http:// www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > long staple cotton < /a > is about 70 thousand tons, while domestic a href= "http:// www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > demand > /a > over 150 thousand tons, and there is a trend of increasing year by year. Therefore, the gap must be made up from foreign imports. Our city has also ushered in the first batch of imported long staple cotton for spinning production.

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< p > up to the end of April 2014, the Tai'an inspection and Quarantine Bureau inspected 29 batches of imported cotton, weighing 8612 tons and worth 15 million 134 thousand US dollars.

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< p > Akesu is the hometown of China's long staple cotton and is the largest long staple cotton producing area in China.

According to the "the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region cotton grade quality standard management measures", the Akesu fiber inspection institute undertakes the production of 2014/2015 long staple cotton grade national standard, which is divided into 1-5 grades.

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< p > in the standard production process, the national Fiber Inspection Bureau, the autonomous region Fiber Inspection Bureau and the relevant experts of Nantong City Fiber Inspection Institute have given strong support and assistance. At present, the Akesu Fiber Inspection Institute has completed the production of long staple cotton grade national standard samples in a month's efforts, and has extensively solicited opinions and revisions. After comprehensive examination and approval, the expert group agreed that the standard grade of long staple cotton grade objects manufactured by fiber inspection in Akesu this year is reasonable, and the shape is natural, and the imitation quality is good in general, which accords with the national standard requirements, and the acceptance result is qualified.

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< p > the national standard of long staple cotton is certified by experts. It provides a basis for the inspection of grade of long staple cotton this year. It is very important for guiding the acquisition of long staple cotton and improving the quality of long staple cotton. It also lays a good foundation for the implementation of the 2014 cotton annual quality standard of long staple cotton.

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