According to statistics, as of the end of December 2020, the cotton districts in northern Xinjiang had processed a total of 2.5991 million tons of lint cotton in 2020/21, a significant year-on-year increase of 11.77%. The processing volume of cotton districts in southern Xinjiang declined slightly year-on-year. This year’s increase in cotton production in Xinjiang The key is the northern Xinjiang cotton area (the processing volume of northern Xinjiang local and Xinjiang Corps both increased year-on-year), while the total output in southern Xinjiang is likely to remain the same or slightly decrease year-on-year.
According to statistics from relevant departments, in 2020/21, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps ginning factory produced a total of 1.8344 million tons of lint cotton, accounting for 37% of the total cotton processing in Xinjiang. There are also Bingdi enterprise ginning plants that produce a total of 1.8344 million tons of lint. There are 70,000 tons of lint cotton, accounting for 1% of the total cotton processing volume in Xinjiang. However, as of January 3, the XPCC’s lint cotton processing volume has reached 1.9612 million tons.
Why is the lint cotton production in Northern Xinjiang increasing significantly in 2020/21? The author briefly summarizes the following after investigation: First, the weather from planting to harvest in the main cotton-producing areas of Northern Xinjiang in 2020 is more suitable for cotton growth. The overall yield of major cotton-producing counties such as Shawan, Jinghe, and Hutubi County has increased, and the planting area has maintained Under the premise of stable or slight growth, it is logical to increase the total output; secondly, the machine-picked cotton equipment is becoming more and more advanced, the harvesting technology is more mature, and the seed cotton harvesting loss has been continuously reduced compared with previous years (this year, machine-picked cotton leaf scraps, The third is the large-scale promotion of a series of high-yielding varieties such as Xinlu Middle and Xinlu Zao. Although the new crown epidemic that broke out in 2020 has affected farmers’ planting, field management, harvesting and other aspects, It has caused some impact, but the yield per unit area has actually increased; fourth, the progress of converting farmland to grazing and returning farmland to forest has slowed down in some cotton areas in northern Xinjiang. Coupled with the continued promotion of some intercropping models, the overall cotton planting area in 2020 will show A slight increase (cotton planting area increased by 10-20% in some areas). </p
