The National Cotton Sowing Area Decreased By 7 Million 631 Thousand Mu Compared With The Same Period Last Year, A Decrease Of 9.6%.

China's reserve cotton Management Corporation

The market surveillance system conducted a sampling survey of the actual area nationwide in late May.

According to the survey, in 2012, the actual sowing area of cotton in China was 71 million 787 thousand mu, a decrease of 7 million 631 thousand mu compared with that of March, a decrease of 9.6%, an increase of 0.5 percentage points compared with the intention survey in March.

The samples were taken from 15 provinces (autonomous regions), 90 cotton planting counties (cities, farms), and 4476 designated cotton planting information contact households.

The actual sowing conditions of the main cotton producing areas are as follows: the sowing area of cotton in the the Yellow River river basin is 26 million 788 thousand mu, a decrease of 14.2% compared with the same period last year, a decrease of 0.9 percentage points compared with the intention survey in March.

Among them, the sowing area of Shandong, Hebei and Henan decreased by 10.7%, 7.7% and 19.4% compared with the same period last year, with a decrease of 0.4, 0.3 and 1.3 percentage points respectively.

The sowing area of cotton in the Yangtze River valley was 18 million 192 thousand mu, down 13.5% from the same period last year, and the decline was 2.1 percentage points higher than that in March.

Among them, Hubei, Hunan and Anhui: the sowing area decreased by 12.9%, 11.9% and 10.3%, respectively, and the decrease was 1.6, 0.5 and 3.1 percentage points respectively.

The actual sowing area of cotton in the northwest inland area was 26 million 640 thousand mu, down 1.4% from the same period last year, and the decline was narrowed by 1.2 percentage points compared with the intention survey in March.

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The sowing area decreased by 1.1% compared with the same period last year, and the decrease was narrowed by 1.2 percentage points.

Due to the rapid progress of seed cotton sale in Xinjiang, the promotion of machine picked cotton has been intensified.

Driven by the temporary purchase and storage policy, the seed cotton sale in Xinjiang is proging faster and is less affected by the fall in seed cotton prices.

In addition, Xinjiang continues to increase the promotion of machine picked cotton this year, playing a positive role in stabilizing the cotton planting area in Xinjiang.

Compared with the intention survey in March, the sowing area of Xinjiang cotton area decreased.

Growth, the national cotton market

A recent survey of the system showed that as of the end of June, the main cotton producing areas in the country were basically normal, and cotton growth was less affected by diseases and insect pests, and the picking period was expected to be in normal range.

If the weather is normal, it is estimated that the average cotton yield in 2012 will be increased by 0.6% over the previous year. According to the calculation, the total output of cotton in 2012 is expected to be 6 million 860 thousand tons, down 9.1% from the same period last year.