# Will price drop of cotton weigh on cotton linter market?–ChinaTexnet.com

> ZCE cotton futures and spot prices in China have fallen since December, with cotton 3218 down over 1,500 yuan/mt from late September. Cottonseed and cotton linter prices have held up better, supported by limited cottonseed stocks as Xinjiang ginning ended.

- Date: 2025-01-03 · published 2025-01-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26618-will-price-drop-of-cotton-weigh-on-cotton-linter-market-chinatexnet-com
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Cotton linter and cottonseed are by-products that feed into the oilseed and meal chain, so their firmness keeps cottonseed meal supply tight while cotton weakness weighs on the textile-side outlook. For feed buyers the effect is modest and mostly limited to cottonseed meal pricing in China.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- chinatexnet.com: https://www.chinatexnet.com/textile-news/2025-01-03/1013303.html

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