Cotton Output Declined Slightly In 2019.

The National Bureau of statistics has just announced the whole country. cotton Output data showed that in 2019, the total output of cotton in China was 5 million 889 thousand tons, a decrease of 213 thousand tons compared with 2018, a decrease of 3.5%. Among them, the output of cotton in Xinjiang was 5 million 2 thousand tons, a decrease of 108 thousand tons over the previous year and a decrease of 2.1%. Xinjiang's cotton output accounts for 84.9% of the country's total, which is 1.2 percentage points higher than that of last year.

First, the national cotton planting area is stable and slightly declining.

In 2019, the cotton planting area in China was 3 million 339 thousand and 200 hectares (50 million 88 thousand mu), 15 thousand and 200 hectares (228 thousand mu) lower than that in 2018, and a decrease of 0.5%.

From regional perspective, cotton planting is further advantageous to the region. Xinjiang cotton region Concentration. The cotton growing area in Xinjiang, the largest cotton producing area in China, has increased by 49 thousand and 200 hectares (738 thousand mu) in 2018, an increase of 2%, accounting for 76.1% of the national total, representing a 1.8 percentage point increase over the previous year. The implementation of cotton target price subsidy policy in Xinjiang has mobilized the enthusiasm of cotton growers and made Xinjiang cotton planting area steadily increase. The cotton planting area decreased by 64 thousand and 400 hectares (966 thousand mu) in 2018 compared with that in other cotton regions in the past 7.5% years. Among them, the [1] planting area in the Yangtze River valley cotton area decreased by 32 thousand and 400 hectares (486 thousand mu) compared with 2018, and decreased by 8.7%. The [2] planting area in the Yellow River drainage area decreased by 28 thousand and 100 hectares (422 thousand mu) compared with 2018, and decreased by 6.2%.

Two, the national cotton yield has decreased.

In 2019, the cotton output per unit area was 1763.7 kg / ha (117.6 kg / mu), a decrease of 55.6 kg / ha (3.7 kg / mu) and a decrease of 3.1% over the previous year.

In terms of area, the output per unit area of cotton in Xinjiang is 1969.1 kg / ha (131.3 kg / mu), a decrease of 82.4 kg / ha (5.5 kg / mu) and a decrease of 4% over the previous year. The cotton yield per unit area in the Yangtze River Basin is 1065.2 kg / ha (71 kg / mu), a decrease of 51.4 kg / ha (3.4 kg / mu), a decrease of 4.6% over the previous year, and a 1117 kg / ha (74.5 kg / mu) per unit area of cotton production in the the Yellow River River Basin, a decrease of 34.1 kg / ha (2.3 kg / mu) and a decrease of 3% over the previous year.

The cotton yield per unit area decreased in 2019, which was mainly affected by the disastrous climate. During the critical period of cotton growth, natural disasters such as wind sand, high temperature, hail and low-temperature freezing occurred frequently in major cotton producing areas such as Xinjiang, Hebei, Jiangxi, Shandong and Hubei.