Analysis of Competitiveness and Complementarity of Cotton Trade between China and Uzbekistan
China and Uzbekistan have notable advantages in agricultural cooperation,especially in cotton coopera-tion,which shows great growth potential.From 2013 to 2022,the scale of China-Uzbekistan cotton trade and trade deficit both have shown a significant narrowing trend,and the trade structure is singular.This paper measures the competitiveness and complementarity of China-Uzbekistan bilateral cotton trade based on data from 2013 to 2022 sourced from trademap database and UN comtrade.The results show that Uzbekistan is more competitive in inter-national market,while in terms of complementarity,the index is at a high level,especially Uzbekistan's exports of cotton yarn to China demonstrate great growth potential.Therefore,China should increase its investment in Uzbeki-stan cotton,enhance the complementarity of production factors in cotton trade,expand trade complementarity po-tential to promote China-Uzbekistan bilateral cotton trade,mutual benefit and high quality development of cotton industry..