2014 national cotton area output double reduction

It is reported that this year, the national cotton acreage is expected to decline by 8.7% from last year, and due to drought, high temperature and other meteorological disasters in the early part of the cotton area, it is estimated that the cotton production in the whole year will decrease compared with the previous year.

The decrease in cotton area across the country was mainly due to the decrease in the cotton area in the Mainland. The cotton area in the Yangtze River Basin decreased by approximately 12.1%, the Yellow River Basin decreased by approximately 14.5%, and “a large area reduction in cotton counties and a large planting area” feature. According to the report from the cotton sector in the Mainland, the cotton spring sowing area in Hebei Province is 7.23 million mu, which represents a year-on-year decrease of 16.4%; the cotton area in Jiangsu may fall below 2 million mu for the first time, which is about 20% lower than last year; Jiangxi Province has more than 100,000 mu of cotton growing. The reductions in Ze and Duchang are all over 10%, and the area of ​​many large planters has been reduced by nearly 50%; Huarong County is the first county in Hunan's cotton, and the annual cotton area is maintained at around 500,000 mu, and the area of ​​cotton planted this year is 450,000 mu. Decrease by 10% in the same period last year.

According to Pan Xiufen, a senior agronomist at the Cotton Technology Promotion Station of the Zhangzhou Municipal Bureau of Agriculture, last year, the area of ​​cotton planted in Zhangzhou was 1.6 million mu, and the actual cotton planting area this year is expected to be up to 1 million mu. The Hengshui River in the Nanwu Village of Luzhou City, Hengshui County, said that in 2013, 11 acres of cotton were planted. This year I heard that the State cancelled the Cotton Reserve, so it only planted 6 acres and it may not grow at all in the next year. Responsible comrades in the agricultural departments of five provinces such as Jiangsu also generally believe that due to the relatively low benefit of cotton and the cancellation of the temporary deposit policy, the cotton area in the Mainland may continue to decline.

According to the analysis of the market's early warning experts of the Ministry of Agriculture, comprehensive consideration of population, income increase, export demand and other factors, it is expected that China's cotton consumption will maintain a high level in the future, while the area and output of the inland cotton area will show a decreasing trend, and production will further increase to the west. Concentration of the cotton area, the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin cotton area gradually shrink, there is a gap in market supply and demand; this year's situation, the state has stopped the supply of reserve cotton, while may strengthen the import and export control, to make room for new cotton sales.

At present, Xinjiang Xinmian has begun to be listed on a sporadic basis, and textile companies continue to make small supplements. Experts suggest that textile companies timely arrange and purchase cotton raw materials according to the production schedule.