According to the data released by the China Textile Industry Association, China's total imports of cotton yarn reached 563,700 tons from January to July of 2009, a year-on-year increase of 14.19 percent.
All products, including cotton yarn, cotton blended yarn, carded and combed cotton yarn witnessed year-on-year increase in import volumes, except cotton sewing threads, which declined marginally.
On the other hand, average import prices of cotton yarn fell 1.29 percent year-on-year and import price of cotton sewing thread significantly decreased by 14.58 percent.