October 27, 2020

NFSRA: China to reserve 2020/21 Xinjiang cotton from Dec 1, 2020 to Mar 31, 2021

To strengthen the management of reserved cotton, optimize the reserved cotton structure and improve the reserved cotton quality, the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (...)

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March 25, 2021

After H&M, Nike feels Chinese social media heat over Xinjiang

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December 3, 2020

U.S. bans cotton imports from China producer XPCC citing Xinjiang 'slave labor'

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December 15, 2020

Over 570,000 Uighurs involved in China cotton coerced labour: report

Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in China's northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced to pick cotton through a coercive state-run scheme, a report (...)

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March 30, 2021

China warns firms not to engage in politics over Xinjiang

By Cate Cadell* Foreign firms face boycotts in China over Xinjiang cotton* Xinjiang officials reject accusations of human rights abuses* U.S. says boycotts are “state-led”* (...)

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September 15, 2020

U.S. pulls back from broad import bans for cotton, tomatoes from China's Xinjiang

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January 14, 2021

U.S. Bans Xinjiang Cotton Products, Tomatoes Over Forced Labor

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April 14, 2021

Cotton watchdog removes statement on Xinjiang forced labor from its website

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian Last year, an international cotton watchdog organization announced it was ceasing all operations in Xinjiang amid reports of widespread forced labor. That statement has (...)

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September 13, 2020

Global Markets: Cotton – How Big a Role Did China Play in 2019/20?

In the 2019/20 marketing year, China accounted for just over 22 percent of total world cotton production, of which 86 percent of that was produced (...)

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November 23, 2021

CCFGroup: 2021/22 Xinjiang cotton quality improves obviously

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