COMMODITY SUBSCRIPTION · SCOPE & METHOD · NOT AN OFFER
Cotton yarn & fabricSubscription Report
HS 520511, 520512, 520521, 520522, 520611, 520612… · textiles · container
NINE PAGES · REGISTRATION OPEN · NO FEE IS BEING COLLECTED YET
PRICE BASIS · CUSTOMS RECORD · COUNTERPARTY REGISTER — READ FROM FREE, CITED SOURCES
01The record on this commodity
02What it is, and what H-α does with it
03The nine pages, what each does, and a line from each
COMMODITY SUBSCRIPTION REPORT · PREPARED BY H-α TRADE INTELLIGENCE
2026-11-07
THE COMMODITY
II.What Cotton yarn & fabric is, and what H-α does with it
Cotton yarn and fabric is the first and second conversion downstream of raw cotton, and it is a different trade from the fibre: the buyer is a knitter, weaver or garment maker, and the specification is count, ply, carded against combed, ring-spun against open-end, and for fabric the construction and GSM. India, Pakistan, Vietnam, China, Türkiye, Indonesia and Uzbekistan carry the export trade; Bangladesh, Vietnam, Türkiye, Portugal and the Gulf carry the import side. The spinning margin over raw cotton is the number that moves it.
What the subscription does with it
The subscription reads the declared record on the yarn and fabric headings separately from raw cotton, so a fibre declaration cannot be read as a yarn one, and keeps spinners, weavers, mills and garment buyers in one book with the role stamped on each row. The price basis is stated exactly as the registry defines it, with its cadence and print date on every figure.
The registry’s note on the headings this subscription reads:
HS6 DOES NOT ENCODE YARN COUNT (Ne), which is the entire basis of yarn pricing — 5205 subdivides by count BANDS only, so unit values are comparable WITHIN a subheading and never across. Fabric lines split by weight and construction but NOT by finish, dye or width. 5206 and 5210/5211 are BLEND lines whose unit values move with polyester, not cotton. The atlas set is deliberately trimmed from ~40 HS6 lines to the main-traded ones.
520511 cotton yarn >=85%, single, uncombed, >=714.29 dtex; 520512 cotton yarn >=85%, single, uncombed, 714.29-232.56 dtex; 520521 cotton yarn >=85%, single, combed, >=714.29 dtex; 520522 cotton yarn >=85%, single, combed, 714.29-232.56 dtex ...
The registry’s caveat on the price anchor:
US Government work (17 U.S.C. 105). The API terms require attribution and prohibit implying Census endorsement; they do not restrict redistribution. Terms: https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html
THE NINE PAGES
III.The nine pages, what each does, and a line from each
OPEN01Market Today
4,214.60 USD/tonne · US import CIF value (customs value plus declared import charges to the first US port), cotton yarn, 85%+ cotton, not for retail (HS 52.05), 2026-08 · US Census Bureau international trade API · print 2026-08-31
OPEN02Intel
US import customs value (before freight and insurance), cotton yarn, 85%+ cotton, not for retail (HS 52.05), 2026-08 · 3,990.63 · US import customs value (before freight and insurance), cotton yarn, 85%+ cotton, not for retail (HS 52.05), 2026-08 · US Census Bureau international trade API · print 2026-08-31
OPEN03Customs
IN → CO · 1,275 declarations · unit value median 2,904.69 · last seen 2026-07-28
OPEN04Register
one register record · buyer · BD
OPEN05Trade Audit
Grade (SHB/Santos) baseline SHB · 3 specs checked: grade, screen size, defects per 300g
specimen · Coffee
OPEN06Pursuit
ID → CO · still needs recent trade, named parties
OPEN07Deal Maker
insurance % of CIF 0.05 · discharge USD/MT 1
OPEN08Freight
nhava-sheva → buenaventura · container · High volume · 831 sellers · 162 buyers
OPEN09Logistics
no line can be drawn for this page on any commodity yet