China | Imports and Exports | World | Cotton | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
| Commodity | Reporter | Partner | Trade flow | Indicator | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 52. Cotton | China | World | Exports | Value (US$) | 14,838,936,271.00 | 17,546,656,998.00 | 16,304,249,650.00 | 15,798,722,252.00 | 14,965,725,351.00 | 15,127,253,982.00 | 15,446,684,067.00 | 14,136,336,814.00 | 10,998,836,956.00 | 13,684,188,540.00 | 13,264,147,561.00 | 10,642,997,092.00 |
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | -4.24 | 18.24 | -7.08 | -3.10 | -5.27 | 1.07 | 2.11 | -8.48 | -22.19 | 24.41 | -3.06 | -19.76 | ||||
| Imports | Value (US$) | 18,681,443,827.00 | 17,229,073,175.00 | 12,756,184,437.00 | 10,254,128,003.00 | 7,743,516,202.00 | 8,614,957,705.00 | 9,889,820,819.00 | 9,227,514,463.00 | 8,278,843,566.00 | 10,588,613,719.00 | 9,296,332,036.00 | 8,985,924,644.00 | |||
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | 26.82 | -7.77 | -25.96 | -19.61 | -24.48 | 11.25 | 14.79 | -6.69 | -10.28 | 27.89 | -12.20 | -3.33 |
The value of exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" from China totalled $ 10.6 billion in 2023. Sales of commodity group 52 from China decreased by 19.7% in value terms compared to 2022. exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" decreased by $ 2.62 billion (cumulative exports of commodity group 52 from China amounted $13.2 billion in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" amounted to 0.314% of total exports from China (cumulative merchandise exports from China totalled $ 3.37 trillion in 2023). The share of commodity group 52 in total exports from China decreased by 0.054 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.369% in 2022 and cumulative exports from China were equal to $ 3.59 trillion).
Where does China export Cotton?
Top export destinations of "Cotton" from China in 2023:
- Bangladesh with a share of 18.7% (1.99 billion US$)
- Vietnam with a share of 15.3% (1.63 billion US$)
- Cambodia with a share of 5.37% (572 million US$)
- Nigeria with a share of 4.4% (469 million US$)
- Indonesia with a share of 4.39% (467 million US$)
- Mexico with a share of 3.98% (423 million US$)
- Togo with a share of 2.48% (264 million US$)
- Pakistan with a share of 2.14% (228 million US$)
- Myanmar with a share of 2.14% (228 million US$)
- Thailand with a share of 2.03% (217 million US$)
Exports structure of 52 - Cotton - from China in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 44% (4.69 billion US$): 5208 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
- 19.2% (2.04 billion US$): 5211 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2
- 18.6% (1.98 billion US$): 5209 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2
- 7.56% (805 million US$): 5210 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
- 5.73% (610 million US$): 5205 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale
- 2.55% (272 million US$): 5206 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- 1.21% (129 million US$): 5212 - Other woven fabrics of cotton.
- 0.4% (42 million US$): 5207 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread) put up for retail sale
- 0.32% (34 million US$): 5204 - Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale
- 0.16% (17 million US$): 5201 - Cotton, not carded or combed.
The value of imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" to China totalled $ 8.98 billion in 2023. Sales of commodity group 52 to China decreased by 3.33% in value terms compared to 2022. imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" decreased by $ 310 million (the value of imports of commodity group 52 to China was equal to $9.29 billion in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" accounted for 0.351% of total import flow to China (in 2023, total imports to China amounted to $ 2.55 trillion). The share of commodity group 52 in total imports to China increased by 0.009 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.342% in 2022 and cumulative imports to China were equal to $ 2.71 trillion).
Where does China import Cotton from?
Top trading partners (import of "Cotton") of China in 2023:
- Vietnam with a share of 24% (2.15 billion US$)
- USA with a share of 18.4% (1.66 billion US$)
- Brazil with a share of 13.1% (1.17 billion US$)
- India with a share of 9.07% (815 million US$)
- Pakistan with a share of 8.5% (764 million US$)
- Australia with a share of 6.49% (583 million US$)
- Uzbekistan with a share of 3.49% (314 million US$)
- Malaysia with a share of 2.12% (190 million US$)
- Turkey with a share of 1.49% (134 million US$)
- Other Asia, nes with a share of 1.45% (130 million US$)
Imports structure of 52 - Cotton - to China in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 46% (4.16 billion US$): 5201 - Cotton, not carded or combed.
- 45% (4.06 billion US$): 5205 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale
- 3.55% (319 million US$): 5206 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- 2.03% (183 million US$): 5209 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2
- 1.48% (133 million US$): 5208 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
- 0.65% (58 million US$): 5211 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2
- 0.4% (36 million US$): 5210 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
- 0.141% (12.6 million US$): 5212 - Other woven fabrics of cotton.
- 0.131% (11.7 million US$): 5203 - Cotton, carded or combed
- 0.028% (2.6 million US$): 5207 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread) put up for retail sale
