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Primark “Sustainable Cotton ®
Pak-China FTA dents Indian cotton

yarn exports
Programme” to train 160,000

cotton farmers
India’s exports of cotton yarn have declined 38.8% turn, led to a drop in prices.
during the six months (April to September), with
June being the worst affected month in the last five China’s free trade agreement (FTA) with Pakistan
years. Exports this year stood at 422 million kgs from April this year is seen as one of the major
valued at $1.27 billion compared to 654 million kgs factors for the drop in India’s cotton yarn exports to
valued at $2.08 billion in the same period last year. China, which is among India’s top markets.

Quantity-wise, exports of cotton yarn have declined There is an import duty ranging from 3.5% to 5% on
every month from 90 million kgs in April 2019 to 67 cotton yarns imported from India into major
million kgs in September 2019. The export quantity markets like China, EU, Turkey and South Korea as
of 59 million kgs in June 2019 was the lowest against imports from competing countries like
monthly export in the last five years. As a result of a Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan, Indonesia and
decline in exports this year, the supply of cotton Vietnam which enjoys benefits of zero duty in these
yarn has increased in the domestic market and in markets.

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The volume of US apparel imports fell for a second In terms of individual supplier countries, just four of
consecutive month in September as additional the top-ten recorded a year-on-year increase in
tariffs on clothing imports from China kicked in and shipment volumes in September, with Cambodia
the back-to-school season came to an end. Growth booking the highest growth at 25.59%. China – the Watch our Product Video
in shipment volumes from Cambodia surged during largest supplier of apparel to the US – saw the
In response to growing demand from customers for partnership with the social enterprise Cotton
largest decline in shipments at 13.16% year-on-year
the month, while China booked the largest decline
sustainably produced fashion, Primark has Connect and the India-based Self Employed
– a milestone that adds to the suggestion that US
to 1.17bn SME, with imports from the country down
announced to train 160,000 cotton farmers in Women’s Association trade union, will receive
13.3% month-on-month from the 1.35bn SME
buyers are continuing to explore alternative sourcing
Pakistan, China and India. training on the most appropriate farming techniques
options amid the ongoing trade war with the US. recorded in August.
for their land. Topics will include seed selection,
Introduced since 2013, Primark has already been sowing, pest management and storage of the
The latest figures from the Department of
Pakistan booked the second-highest growth with a
running a sustainable cotton programme. It further harvested cotton.
Commerce's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA)
intends to expand it to 5 times the current size by the 16.09% surge to 50m SME. Indonesia recorded the
only other rise with shipments up 3.18% to 94 SME.
show the volume of US apparel imports from all
end of 2022. It hopes by the end it will be consuming According to a Primark report, in Pakistan where the
sources fell 6.8% month-on-month in September to
100pc sustainably sourced cotton across the entire programme was launched in 2018, farmers there For more information please contact:
2.59bn square metre equivalents (SME). The
Mexico, meanwhile, reported the second-highest
product range. who have completed their first year of training have MR. UWE LENKEIT
decline at 8.53% to 59m SME. El Salvador, India
figures also show a 4.34% decline in volume seen a yield increase of 11.2pc and a 12.9pc Phone.: +49 (0)5941 604-267
against the same month last year and a 2.1% drop and Honduras all also reported declines at 4.96%, eMail: uwe.lenkeit@neuenhauser.de
According to Primark, Each farmer who goes reduction in input costs, resulting in an average
in value terms year-on-year to US$7.77bn.
0.65%, and 0.62% respectively.
through the three-year programme, run in profit increase of 26.8pc. Neuenhauser Maschinenbau GmbH
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