In 2015, The Total Output Of Cotton In China Was 5 Million 605 Thousand Tons.

National cotton production data show that in 2015, the total output of cotton in China was 5 million 605 thousand tons, a decrease of 574 thousand tons compared with 2014, a decrease of 9.3%.

In 2015, Xinjiang's cotton output was 3 million 503 thousand tons, accounting for 62.5% of the total in the country, 3 percentage points higher than that in 2014, and the regional superiority of cotton production was further enhanced.

Among them,

Cotton sown area accounted for half of the country, an increase of 3.9 percentage points over the previous year, per unit area of 1839.6 kg per hectare, higher than the national average of 24.6%.

Statistics show that in 2012, China's cotton output reached 6 million 840 thousand tons, an increase of 2.2 times compared to 1978, the peak in recent years, and cotton production has declined since then.

"The decrease in cotton production is mainly due to the decrease in planting area."

According to Hou Rui, a senior statistician of the rural Bureau of the National Bureau of statistics, the cotton planting area of 3 million 799 thousand hectares (56 million 984 thousand acres) was reduced by 423 thousand and 400 hectares in 2014 compared with that in the previous year, a decrease of 10% over the same period last year.

Reduce production by 619 thousand tons.

According to different regions, the main cotton areas of the Yellow River and Yangtze River decreased more last year.

Among them,

The sowing area of cotton decreased by 182 thousand and 900 hectares, down 14.8% from the same period last year. The output per unit area decreased by 30.5 kg (2.03 kg / mu) per hectare, and decreased by 2.8%; the total output of cotton decreased by 231 thousand tons, and decreased by 17.2%.

The cotton area in the Yangtze River Basin decreased by 170 thousand and 500 hectares, a decrease of 17.8%; the output per unit area increased by 63.3 kg per hectare, increased by 5.8%, and the output decreased by 136 thousand tons, down 13.1%.