According to the statistics promulgated by the Chinese Customs, China has imported 3.39million tons of raw cotton in the first ten months of the calendar year 2006, 65% up than the same period of last year with the value at US$ 4.38 billion, 77% higher compared with the same period of last year.
USA ranks first, following by India, Uzbekistan, Austral and Burkina Faso. The total quantity from the above five countries amounts to 2.72 million tons with the share of 80.57% and the total value comes to US$ 3.63 billion with the share of 82.74%.The details could be found from the following table:
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China Top 5 Imported Sources of Cotton in Jan-Oct. 2006
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Quantity Unit:Ton
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Value Unite:US$ 10,000
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Rank
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Country/Area
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Quantity
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Change£¥
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share£¥
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Value
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Change£¥
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Share %
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Globe
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3390010
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65.08
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100
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437971.21
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76.73
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100
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1
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United State
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1649684
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64.13
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48.66
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219074.77
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81.01
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50.02
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2
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India
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479073
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541.41
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14.13
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61219.28
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579.76
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13.98
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3
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Uzbekistan
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331227
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26.04
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9.77
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44805.65
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37.28
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10.23
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4
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Austral
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175422
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25.69
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5.17
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24550.4
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30.94
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5.61
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5
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Burkina Faso
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96152
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-5.82
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2.84
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12687.27
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0.97
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2.9
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Source:China Customs
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