Chinanews.com, December 26. According to the national cotton production data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on December 26, the national cotton planting area in 2022 will be 45.004 million mu, a decrease of 418,000 mu or 0.9% from the previous year; the unit yield will be 132.8 kg/mu , an increase of 6.6 kg/mu or 5.3% over the previous year; the output was 5.977 million tons, an increase of 246,000 tons or 4.3% over the previous year.

In this regard, Wang Guirong, director of the Rural Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, explained.

National cotton yield has increased

　　In 2022, the national cotton yield will be 132.8 kg/mu, an increase of 6.6 kg/mu or 5.3% over the previous year.

The overall weather in Xinjiang is fine, the heat is sufficient, the precipitation is suitable, and the cotton is growing well. The cotton yield per mu is 143.9 kg/mu, an increase of 7.5 kg/mu over the previous year, an increase of 5.5%. The Yangtze River Basin experienced continuous high temperature and drought from July to August. Cotton in the flowering and bolling stage caused adverse effects, and the yield per unit area of ​​some cotton areas lacking irrigation conditions decreased. The cotton yield per mu was 67.8 kg/mu, a decrease of 2.1 kg/mu or 3.0% from the previous year; the hydrothermal conditions in the Yellow River Basin were basically normal , The sub-yi cotton area was gradually withdrawn, and the cotton yield per unit area rose steadily, with a cotton yield of 82.6 kg/mu, an increase of 2.6 kg/mu or 3.3% over the previous year.

The national cotton planting area is stable and slightly decreased

　　In 2022, the national cotton sown area will be 45.004 million mu, a decrease of 418,000 mu, or 0.9%, from the previous year, and the decline rate will be narrowed by 3.5 percentage points from the previous year.

Among them, the sown area of ​​cotton in Xinjiang was 37.453 million mu, a decrease of 138,000 mu, or 0.4% compared with the previous year; Growth; the sown area of ​​cotton in the Yellow River Basin was 3.649 million mu, a decrease of 342,000 mu or 8.6% over the previous year.

　　Wang Guirong pointed out that last year, the purchase price of cotton reached a new high in the past ten years, coupled with the introduction of relevant policies in various places to stabilize cotton planting, farmers in some areas have increased their willingness to plant cotton.

Hunan and Jiangxi increased policy subsidies and encouraged traditional cotton areas to resume cotton planting. The cotton area was 969,000 mu and 296,000 mu respectively, an increase of 67,000 mu and 130,000 mu over the previous year; The pilot work of "inspection" is steadily advancing. Driven by supporting policies and profit growth factors, the cotton area is 305,000 mu, an increase of 61,000 mu over the previous year; some areas in Shandong have changed their structure to cotton, and the cotton area is 1.7 million mu, an increase of 4.7 over the previous year. ten thousand mu.

Some of the cotton-friendly areas in Xinjiang have replanted corn, soybeans and other food crops, and the cotton area has declined slightly.

National cotton production has grown

　　In 2022, the national cotton output will be 5.977 million tons, an increase of 246,000 tons or 4.3% over the previous year.

Among them, the cotton output in Xinjiang was 5.391 million tons, an increase of 262,000 tons or 5.1% over the previous year, accounting for 90.2% of the national total, an increase of 0.7 percentage points over the previous year; the cotton production in the Yangtze River Basin was 239,000 tons, a decrease of 0.5% over the previous year 10,000 tons, a decrease of 2.0%; the output of the cotton area in the Yellow River Basin was 301,000 tons, a decrease of 18,000 tons or 5.6% compared with the previous year.

(China New Finance and Economics)

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