Urgent notice: from June 21, the enforcement of the US cotton ban in Xinjiang will be upgraded again! Recently, the US Customs strictly checks the textile goods, and there will be more cases of seizure and inspection. The main check of this inspection is whether the textile goods contain Xinjiang cotton. Once the customs checks, they will check and detain the goods, and require the customer to provide relevant proof that the ingredients of the goods do not contain Xinjiang cotton before release.”
According to foreign media, the US authorities are expected to take effect on June 21 under a labor Law on the Prevention of Forced Uyghur labor, and will ban imports from China’s Xinjiang region in accordance with the law unless the latter can provide evidence that their products do not involve forced labor. In other words, products manufactured in Xinjiang are presumed to use forced labor and are banned from import unless the U.S. government certifies them as free from forced labor. However, the threshold for obtaining certification without forced labor is very high. It is not only required to provide clear and convincing evidence that there is no forced labor component in the entire supply chain of imported goods, but also approved by the Customs commissioner and reported to the Congress, which shows how difficult it is to obtain.
In addition, U.S. Customs and Border Protection may impose penalties on importers if evidence presented is determined to be fraudulent. In addition, the executive director said importers have the option of transshipment of related goods suspected of being prohibited back to their country of origin.
After understanding this news, we first understand why so against Xinjiang cotton, Xinjiang cotton and what advantages.
One, the advantages of Xinjiang cotton
Xinjiang cotton is famous for its long wool, good quality and high yield.
Take long staple cotton. Xinjiang long staple cotton has three prominent features: smooth and skin-friendly, soft and comfortable. The finished products made of Xinjiang cotton are not only fluffy, breathable, comfortable, but also warm
For example: Xinjiang 129 cotton fiber length of 29mm or more. Ordinary towels are made of series cotton yarn with fiber length below 27mm, and pure cotton towels produced by ultra-long cotton of Xinjiang cotton with fiber length above 37mm are soft in texture, comfortable in touch, bright in color and good in water absorption. The quality is far superior to other ordinary cotton towel. Clothes are also very warm, comfortable, fluffy and breathable on the body, which are incomparable advantages.
Of course, besides long staple cotton, Xinjiang cotton also includes fine staple cotton. Compared with long staple cotton, fine staple cotton is mainly produced in Southern Xinjiang. It has high adaptability, longer fiber and high yield. Overall, xinjiang cotton output in the fine cotton output accounted for a great proportion. In 2020/2021, Xinjiang produced 5.2 million tons of cotton, accounting for about 87 percent of domestic production and 67 percent of domestic consumption.
Even Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said: “Xinjiang cotton is so good that it is a loss not to use it.”
Two, why xinjiang abounds in high-quality cotton?
As for why Xinjiang abounds in high quality cotton? This starts with the growing conditions of cotton.
1. Cotton growth needs a very long sunshine time, because in the fruit period of cotton if the long cloudy day will cause rotten fruit, insect infestation, adverse cotton growth, will reduce production or no harvest grains. Xinjiang is dry with little rain, which can reach more than 18 hours of light.
2. Cotton growth needs sufficient heat resources and precipitation or irrigation conditions during the growing period. Xinjiang is an arid region with long sunshine duration, long frost-free period and high active accumulated temperature, which is particularly suitable for cotton growth climate conditions. In the northwest side of Xinjiang, the mountains are low and there are many gaps. A small amount of water vapor from the Atlantic ocean and the Arctic Ocean can enter. Tianshan area has a little more precipitation, and snow and ice melt water is also the main water source. Therefore, Xinjiang is blessed with natural conditions, there is no long rainy days, but there is plenty of water.
3. The soil in Xinjiang is alkaline, with large temperature difference in summer, sufficient sunshine, sufficient photosynthesis and long growth time. Because of this, the cotton output in Xinjiang is also very high.
What materials are needed for export?
Knowing that the United States is targeting Xinjiang cotton in this way, what should we do when we export cotton products? If the customer has cotton-containing goods that need to be exported to the United States through Jizhika Service, the following documents are required:
1. Certificate of origin: the purchase order information and the address of the factory producing the goods should be indicated;
2. The customer issues a guarantee stating that the export goods do not contain Xinjiang cotton;
3. Purchase order and invoice of cotton raw silk;
4. Cotton thread purchase order and invoice;
5. Purchase order and invoice for cotton cloth;
6. Other relevant documents required by customs
If the customer fails to provide the above information and the goods are eventually detained by the customs, the costs and risks arising therefrom shall be borne by the customer.
Post time: Jun-23-2022