Average cotton yield per unit area in China in 2021 is up three per cent reveals the latest cotton yield survey by the National Cotton Market Monitoring System.

But the total output of new cotton in China is expected to be down 2.5 per cent. The meteorological conditions in Xinjiang cotton region were generally suitable, and cotton grew well in the later period, making up for the influence brought by the early extreme weather, and the cotton output was stable while rising. Heavy rains and floods occur frequently in the Yellow River basin, cotton bolls fall off or rot, cotton bolls are affected to a certain extent, cotton quality and yield are decreased.

The weather in the Yangtze River basin is suitable, with sufficient sunshine and rain. Considering the low base effect caused by the disaster weather last year, the cotton yield per unit area has increased. Due to the decrease of cotton planting area, the total cotton output is still declining. Total output of cotton is estimated to be 1,66,000 tons, down 11 per cent.

China’s cotton output in 2019 fell three per cent from 2018. Xinjiang’s cotton production fell two per cent from the previous year. Cotton production in Xinjiang accounts for 84 per cent of the country’s total. The cotton target price subsidy policy for Xinjiang has aroused the enthusiasm of cotton farmers for planting and has steadily increased the area of cotton planted in Xinjiang.