# The Yellow River Basin: Patience And Waiting For Cotton Production And Trade

> Heavy haze and government pollution controls in Hebei, Shandong and the Yellow River Valley have shut many cotton mills and cotton enterprises, suspended transport and halted seed cotton purchases. Traders report very limited available cotton and a stalled market.

- Date: 2016-12-22 · published 2016-12-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73586-the-yellow-river-basin-patience-and-waiting-for-cotton-production-and-trade
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Pollution-driven mill closures cut cotton demand and seed cotton purchasing, which reduces cottonseed supply to crushers and can weigh on cottonseed meal prices in the short term.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: bearish ▼

## Sources

- sjfzxm.com: http://www.sjfzxm.com/global/en/509638.html

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