Cotton consumption in China, the world's top consumer of the fiber, is seen falling over 5 percent in 2011/12 to 9.4 million tonnes, industry publication Cotlook said on Thursday. Cotlook said the use of cotton by China "has undergone a further downward adjustment, principally as a result of a decrease in projected mill use of raw cotton in China, where a modest net decline in consumption is now foreseen."
In its September report, Cotlook had estimated China's cotton consumption at 9.9 million tonnes.