In May 2016, Pakistan’s cotton yarn exports increased slightly by 0.31% month-on-month, and the year-on-year decrease reached 27.44%. Pakistan’s cotton yarn exports fell by 27.38% from January to May 2016.
Affected by domestic cotton supply and power shortages, Pakistan’s yarn production is currently in dire straits. Traders said that the decline in Pakistan’s cotton yarn production will not change in the short term.
Pakistan’s cotton yarn exports have continued to decrease in recent years due to increasing production costs due to energy prices and supply shortages. After the apparel export market was seized by other competitors, Pakistan’s cotton yarn export market was also rapidly lost and was replaced by Vietnam.
In addition, China’s cotton policy has also had a huge impact on Pakistan’s cotton yarn production and exports. At present, Pakistan’s number one position in China’s cotton yarn imports has been ceded to India, and the proportion of Vietnamese yarn in China’s cotton yarn imports has also increased rapidly. Pakistan’s cotton yarn exports continued to decrease in May
