The Chinese government is considering allowing more cotton imports than usual this year following the decision by major US brands to avoid using cotton from the controversial Uighur region of Western China.
China are thought to possibly issue another batch of import quotas soon to meet the global demand for textiles after awarding 700,000 tons last month after issuing only 400,000 tons of quotas in 2020, according to Huatai Futures.
The US government banned all cotton products that had origins from Xinjiang earlier this year over China’s alleged human rights abuses of its ethnic Uighur Muslim population.
