The Overall Quality Index Of New Cotton Is Higher Than That Of Last Year

In December, the purchase of Xinjiang cotton entered the final stage, and the purchase volume continued to decline. At the end of the month, there were only sporadic tail flower purchases. In the month, the cotton textile market had obvious off-season characteristics. The price of lint fell, and the purchase price of seed cotton followed. The total amount of lint processing in China exceeded 6 million tons, but the increase dropped significantly from the peak period. Some ginning plants have finished processing, and the number of shutdown enterprises has gradually increased.

　　 1、 The purchase price of seed cotton fell month on month

In December, the average purchase price of 3128 grade seed cotton of national 400 type cotton processing enterprises was 5.98 yuan/kg, down 6% month on month and 13.8% year on year. The purchase price of Xinjiang seed cotton was 5.93 yuan/kg, down 6.6% month on month and 13.8% year on year; The purchase price of seed cotton in the Yangtze River Basin was 6.85 yuan/kg, up 0.6% month on month and down 6.3% year on year; There is no acquisition in the Yellow River basin.

　　 2、 The processing volume decreases month on month

As of December 31, 1070 400 type cotton processing enterprises nationwide had processed about 6.009 million tons of cotton, up 18.8% year on year; The monthly processing volume was 1.621 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 862000 tons. By region: Xinjiang's total processing volume was 5.913 million tons, up 19.4% year on year; The local processing volume was 4.123 million tons, up 26.7% year on year, and the Corps processing volume was 1.79 million tons, up 5.5% year on year; The total processing volume in the mainland was 96000 tons, down 10.6% year on year.

　　 3、 The overall quality index of new cotton is higher than that of last year

According to the statistics of China's cotton notarization and inspection data, as of December 31, there were 1091 cotton processing enterprises nationwide conducting notarization and inspection in 2024, with the inspection volume of about 24.873 million bales and a total of 5.617 million tons, and the inspection weight increased by 18.1% year on year, including 5.53 million tons of Xinjiang cotton, with a year-on-year increase of 18.7%, accounting for 98.5% of the country's total; The cotton in the mainland was 87000 tons, down 17.4% year on year, accounting for 1.5% nationwide.

In addition to the white cotton color level indicators, the overall quality indicators of new cotton were higher than that of the same period last year, of which, white cotton grade 3 and above accounted for 68.3%, 9.8 percentage points lower than that of the same period last year; The fiber length of 28 mm and above accounted for 98.5%, 0.7 percentage points higher than that of the previous year; The micronaire value A+B (3.5-4.9) accounted for 93.1%, 1.4 percentage points higher than the previous year; The breaking strength S2 (29.0-30.9) and above accounted for 83.8%, 18.3 percentage points higher than that of the previous year.