American logistic expert reports from China Video with Chinese subtitles: NATO’s artillery shell problem: our factories don’t make TNT, and they need China for the cotton 影片有中文字幕: 北約的砲彈問題：我們的工廠不生產TNT，他們需要中國提供棉花

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Artillery shells involve two volatile components: the explosive, and the propellant. TNT is in critical shortage in NATO militaries, as decades ago the production of TNT was outsourced abroad for environmental and safety reasons.

But another bottleneck exists for the highest-quality cotton fibers, which are used in propellants. Most of that cotton was sourced from China, who is closely allied with Russia.

Military suppliers are scrambling, to locate alternate sources of high-grade cotton, and to refurbish TNT factories that have been long closed.

TNT also is used in civilian applications, for engineering, mining, and heavy construction. High demands from the defense sector are causing prices to soar for industrial users as well, increasing over four times in the past year.

砲彈包含兩種揮發性成分：炸藥和推進劑。北約軍隊的TNT炸藥嚴重短缺，因為幾十年前出於環保和安全考慮，TNT的生產外包給了國外。

但用於製造推進劑的最高品質棉纖維也面臨另一個瓶頸。這些棉花大部分來自與俄羅斯關係密切的中國。

軍事供應商正在爭先恐後地尋找優質棉花的替代來源，並翻新長期關閉的TNT工廠。

TNT也用於民用領域，例如工程、採礦和重型建築。國防領域的高需求也導致工業用戶的價格飆升，過去一年上漲了四倍多.