Cotton Planting Area Survey Report 2012: Cotton Planting Area Decreased By 8.2%

To preliminarily grasp the cotton planting intention, the state

The intention of the main cotton producing areas is as follows: the cotton planting area in the the Yellow River river basin is 27 million 982 thousand mu, a decrease of 10.3% over the same period.

Among them, Shandong province decreased by 4.1% compared with the same period last year, and the reduction rates in Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other provinces were 8.8%, 17%, 38% and 32.5% respectively.

The cotton planting area in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is 19 million 521 thousand mu, a decrease of 7.1% over the same period.

Among them, Hubei province decreased by 4.2% compared with the same period last year, and the reduction rates in Anhui, Hunan, Jiangsu and Jiangxi were 7.6%, 7.4%, 16.5% and 1.3% respectively.

The cotton planting area in Northwest Inner Mongolian cotton area is 25 million 271 thousand mu, a decrease of 6.5% compared with the same period last year.

Among them, the Xinjiang autonomous region decreased by 6.5% compared with the same period last year, while Gansu decreased by 7% compared with the same period last year.

In 2012, the main reason for the decrease of cotton planting area in the cotton growing areas was that the price of seed cotton was higher and lower in the peak season.

In 2011, the state implemented moderately tight monetary policy, financial institutions' credit was strictly controlled, coupled with slowing external demand, the situation of gauze production and marketing in the downstream textile enterprises was in the doldrums, making market supply pressure increased, and domestic cotton futures and spot prices continued to fall, and buyout companies continued to reduce seed cotton purchase prices.

At the same time, cotton by-products, especially cottonseed prices, are affected by the low sales of cottonseed oil, cottonseed meal and other oilseeds and feed markets. The price of cottonseed fell from 2.2 yuan / kg in early October to 1.8 yuan / kg at the end of 11, or 18.2%, much larger than the decline in lint prices, further dragging down the price of seed cotton.

According to the national cotton market monitoring system data, in the late November, the purchase price of 3 grade seed cotton was 8.02 yuan / kg, compared with the price in early October, which dropped by 0.42 yuan / kg, or 5%.

From the monthly average price, in the 10~11 months of the peak season, the average price of the 3 grade seed cotton purchase was 8.28 yuan / kg, which was 3.56 yuan / kg lower than the same period last year, or 30.1%.

The increase in labor costs will affect cotton farmers' income.

Compared with field crops such as wheat and corn, the mechanization level of cotton planting is low and labor intensity is high.

With the general increase in the number of young workers entering cities and the overall increase in prices, the cost of cotton planting represented by the cost increase has greatly increased, and cotton growers' cotton planting income has shrunk dramatically.

It is worth noting that in 2012, cotton farmers' intentions to cotton planting in China still had great variations.

According to convention, cotton spring sowing in 2012 will start in mid 3.

The state temporary purchase and storage policy has largely lifted the price of seed cotton at the bottom of 2011 and slowed down the price of cotton.

Improving and protecting the income of farmers and stabilizing the market of agricultural products is a firm policy of the state. The national cotton working teleconference is clear that it will further improve and perfect cotton temporary purchasing and storage policy according to the implementation of 2011, and will continue to announce the next year's purchase and storage price in the next year before spring planting in 2012.

Therefore, there is still some uncertainty in cotton planting area in 2012.