Original title: China’s cotton production will decline slightly in 2021, Xinjiang’s sown area will increase
China News Service, Beijing, December 14 (Reporter Wang Enbo) The National Bureau of Statistics of China announced on the 14th that China’s cotton production in 2021 will be 5.731 million tons, a decrease of 180,000 tons or 3.0% from 2020. Among them, Xinjiang’s cotton output was 5.129 million tons, a decrease of 32,000 tons or 0.6% from the previous year; the cotton output of other regions was 602,000 tons, a decrease of 147,000 tons or 19.6% from the previous year.
Data show that in 2021, China’s cotton sown area will be 30281,000 hectares (45.422 million mu), a decrease of 140.8 million hectares (2.112 million mu) from the previous year, a decrease of 4.4%. Among them, the cotton sown area in Xinjiang, China’s largest cotton-producing region, was 2506.1 thousand hectares (37.591 million mu), an increase of 4.1 thousand hectares (62,000 mu) over the previous year, an increase of 0.2%.
According to Wang Minghua, deputy director of the Rural Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, the main reason for the increase in cotton sown area in Xinjiang is that the state continues to implement the target cotton price subsidy policy for the region. In addition to the increase in cotton prices since last year, farmers are more enthusiastic about growing cotton. Other cotton areas were affected by factors such as planting benefits and planting structure adjustments. The sown area of cotton was 522.1 thousand hectares (7.831 million mu), a decrease of 144.9 thousand hectares (2.174 million mu) from the previous year, a decrease of 21.7%, and the 13th consecutive year since 2009. Decline in the year.
In 2021, China’s cotton yield per unit area is 1892.6 kg/ha (126.2 kg/mu), an increase of 27.4 kg/ha (1.8 kg/mu) over the previous year, an increase of 1.5%. Among them, the cotton yield per unit area in Xinjiang was 2046.4 kg/ha (136.4 kg/mu), a decrease of 16.3 kg/ha (1.1 kg/mu) from the previous year, a decrease of 0.8%.
Wang Minghua said that due to the long low temperature in the spring of Xinjiang this year and the partial drought in summer, it has an adverse impact on cotton production. However, the later meteorological conditions improved and farmers strengthened field management, and Xinjiang cotton yield fell steadily and slightly. The weather conditions in other cotton areas are generally more suitable. The cotton yield per unit area is 1153.9 kg/ha (76.9 kg/mu), an increase of 29.8 kg/ha (2.0 kg/mu) over the previous year, an increase of 2.7%. (Finish)
[Edit: Zhu Yanjing]
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