In the first quarter, imports of US cotton products decreased slightly year-on-year

According to a foreign report on June 10, data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Center for Economic Research shows that from January to March 2011, the volume of U.S. cotton imports (weight off cotton) was 2.1 billion pounds, a slight decrease from the same period in 2010, but Exports of cotton textiles and apparel were 468 million pounds, a slight increase from the same period in 2010. As a result, the trade in cotton products was a difference of 1.6 billion pounds, a decrease of 100 million pounds year-on-year. In fact, in the top five sources of imports of US cotton products (China, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Mexico), Bangladesh’s total imports only accounted for 1% of the year-on-year increase, reaching 7.4%. The remaining four countries’ The market share decreased year-on-year, and China's share, in particular, fell 2% year-on-year to 28%.

In addition, the total share of the United States in the first five major exporters of cotton products from January to March decreased by 1% year-on-year to 84%, of which the market share of Honduras and Mexico decreased by 4% to 57%.