Xinjiang'S Cotton Output Accounted For 84.9% Of The Total In 2019.

In 2019, cotton production in Xinjiang continued to maintain the highest level in the country, reaching 5 million 2 thousand tons, although it was 2.1% lower than that in 2018, but the proportion of total output in the country increased by 1.1 percentage points, reaching 84.9%. Xinjiang's total cotton production, yield per unit area, planting area and commodity allocation ranked first in the country for 25 consecutive years.

According to the latest statistics of the National Bureau of statistics, in 2019, the cotton planting area in Xinjiang was 38 million 107 thousand and 500 mu, an increase of 2% compared with 2018, accounting for 76% of the total planting area in the country. Xinjiang cotton (lint) production per unit area is 131 kg / mu, and continues to be higher than the national average yield per unit area, higher than 13.7 kg / mu.

In recent years, whole mechanization has been widely applied in cotton fields in Xinjiang. The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region agricultural and rural office data show that more than 9 cotton fields in northern Xinjiang have been fully mechanized, and the mechanization rate of cotton harvesting in southern Xinjiang is also increasing year by year. In 2019, the total area of cotton production in the whole region exceeded 11 million 500 thousand mu for the first time, and Xinjiang's position as a national high quality cotton production base was further consolidated.