Cotton Crisis: Industry Grapples with New World Order

摘要

As Jan. 1,2005 will be remembered by the industry as the day the last barriers to unlimited imports fell, October 2010 will be recalled as the moment when China's factories slammed the doors closed, albeit temporary.rnFor a period of about three weeks, many of China's factories were neither offering quotes on business nor accepting orders. But the entire system is under strain, and the numbers aren't pretty: