Southern Xinjiang: Some Cotton Enterprises Shut Down On The Gurbang Festival, And Cottonseed Prices Rose

According to the survey, since the first ten days of October, the price of cottonseed in various cotton regions in southern Xinjiang has increased. By October 13-14, the price of cottonseed delivered to the factory of oil factories around Aksu reached 2.24-2.25 yuan/kg, while the price of cottonseed delivered by ginning factories in Bachu, Keping, Shaya and other places was 2.17-2.18 yuan/kg (excluding boarding fees); Driven by the slight increase in cottonseed prices, the purchase prices of seed cotton in Aksu, Bachu, Kashi and other places have been relatively stable since the middle of October, with 42% of seed cotton being 9.65-9.70 yuan/kg, 41% being 9.55-9.60 yuan/kg, and 40-41% being 9.45-9.50 yuan/kg. As a result of the purchase of low lint seed cotton ginning plants, the loss was at least 500 yuan/ton, Therefore, many cotton enterprises in southern Xinjiang refused to purchase seed cotton of 41% or less lint percentage, and cotton farmers and cotton traders did not sell seed cotton according to lint percentage, but started at 9.50 yuan/kg.

According to the investigation of some ginning plants, the Korban Festival on October 15 has a great impact on the purchase, processing and sales. Not only can the big growers not find "small workers" to pick up flowers, but also many Uygur employees and drivers who unload and feed seed cotton, process and transport lint and cottonseed in workshops began to ask for leave on the 14th, and some cotton enterprises began to stop processing in workshops on the 13th, Official start-up processing should be postponed to around October 18.

Under the influence of many factors, such as delayed seed cotton listing period, serious shortage of flower pickers and slow acquisition progress, cotton enterprises are in a very awkward situation. They are not only faced with the difficulty of losing loading and unloading teams and processing personnel due to low seed cotton acquisition volume at any time, but also faced with the pressure of difficult delivery, storage, auction, warehousing and payment recovery. Some cotton farmers and major cotton growers are worried about the frost reduction in late October, which will seriously affect the cotton grade and other indicators, and the delivery price will also be significantly reduced. However, it is difficult to recruit flower pickers at present, so they have to "resign themselves".