Central Reserve Cotton: Cotton Output Is Expected To Increase By 18.1% Over The Previous Year.

The SASAC website published China in July 14th. reserve The whole nation of cotton Management Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "central storage cotton"). cotton Growth report. The report shows that since June, the weather in the main cotton producing areas in China is basically normal, with a slight occurrence of pests and diseases, and the picking period is expected to be in the normal range. If the weather is normal in the late period, it is estimated that the new cotton yield per unit area will be 93.06 kg / mu, 9.29% higher than that of last year. total output It is estimated that 7 million 390 thousand and 200 tons will increase by 18.61% over the previous year.

The survey shows that the main products of the country are Cotton region The weather is basically normal, and the degree of disaster is heavy in some areas. 21.89% of the rural households reflected moderate or severe disasters, which increased by 7.62 percentage points, up 6.52 percentage points from the same period in the past three years. In the subregion, the drought occurred mainly in the cotton fields in the the Yellow River River Basin, and nearly half of the farmers in the Yangtze River Valley reflected moderate or severe disasters, mainly due to drought and flooding. disaster It is mainly caused by hail and gale in some areas.

Affected by natural disasters such as drought and floods, the picking time of new cotton in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River may be postponed, and the rest of the cotton area is basically normal, and some areas are slightly ahead of schedule. The farmers in the Yangtze River drainage area accounted for 48.68% of the delay in picking time. 84.64% of the farmers in the northwest inland cotton area showed that the picking time was basically normal or ahead of schedule. Among them, Xinjiang cotton generally grew well, and the farmers who estimated the picking time were basically normal or in advance accounted for 84.82%. Cotton yield per unit or increase, if the normal weather later, cotton per unit yield is expected to be higher than last year. Compared with the same period last year, cotton growth in China has declined slightly, but it has increased over the same period in three years. Generally speaking, the proportion of farmers who experience mild diseases and pests is basically over 90%.

The national cotton market monitoring system, which was built by China cotton reserve management corporation, launched a cotton growing survey nationwide on 17-30 June. The sample involved 15 cotton planting provinces (autonomous regions), 90 cotton planting counties (cities, farms), and 638 thousand cotton fields with 4379 designated cotton planting information links households. According to the National Bureau of statistics, China's cotton output decreased by 6.3% to 5 million 970 thousand tons in 2010, due to the reduction of planting area and adverse weather. China's cotton output peaked in 2007, and its output was 7 million 620 thousand tons in that year. As the world's largest cotton producer and consumer, China has experienced three consecutive years of cotton production reduction.