Can India Gain From US Ban On Xinjiang Cotton Imports? Here's What The Textile Industry Says


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by M R Subramani - Dec 16, 2020 11:25 AM A man plucks cotton at a farm in Xinjiang, China. Snapshot The Xinjiang Uighur Region in China accounts for 86 per cent of total cotton produced in China. It makes up 70 per cent of all cotton spun into yarn and enjoys the largest share in China’s yarn export basket. The Indian textile industry is looking to tap the opportunity arising out of the US ban on cotton imports from a Chinese quasi-military organisation, which is allegedly using forced labour of Uighur Muslims. Two weeks ago, the US Customs and...