This year, the development of sericulture in Sichuan Province still maintains a stable pattern. According to information from the Sichuan Provincial Sericulture Department, due to adverse factors such as the epidemic and drought, the number of spring silkworm seeds produced in Sichuan this year was about 550,000, a 6% decrease from the same period last year. Judging from the acquisition situation, the overall characteristics are good quality and high yield. The shell weight of 50 grams of fresh cocoons is generally 10 grams, and the highest is 11 to 12 grams.
The average price of spring cocoons in Sichuan Province this year is about 35 yuan per kilogram. Among them, the purchase price in Fucheng District, Mianyang City, a key production area, is about 46 yuan (including a government subsidy of 5 yuan), Wusheng County, Guang’an City, 41 yuan (a government subsidy of 3 yuan), Ningnan County, Liangshan Prefecture, more than 36 yuan, and Gao County, Yibin City, 36 yuan. It is about 35 yuan in Gong County (including 2 yuan in bonus).
At present, Sichuan Province has formed three major cocoon silk advantageous industrial belts: Panxi, North Central Sichuan, and South Sichuan.
Under the current sluggish cocoon and silk market, various regions in Sichuan Province are doing everything possible to stabilize the construction of sericulture bases. In recent years, the construction of sericulture bases in Sichuan Province has continued to heat up. This year, Sichuan Province will continue to cultivate and create a number of provincial-level sericulture modern agricultural parks. From the government level, the province has continuously arranged sericulture industry development funds to support the large-scale construction of sericulture bases. From the enterprise level, in addition to a number of cocoon production enterprises such as Ningnan Nan Silk Road Group, Mianyang Tianhong, Gongxian Zhiyi, Sichuan New Silk Road, and Xingwen Shihai, which continue to increase investment in the construction of sericulture bases, Sichuan Antai, Neijiang Songlin, Zizhong Honghe A number of silk processing companies such as , Lezhi Hongqi and Nanchong Yinhai are also actively building bases. At present, 30 key sericulture counties, including Ningnan, Gaoxian and Gongxian, account for more than 80% of the province’s cocoon production. It will become China’s high-quality cocoon silk production base, a major province for producing high-quality silkworm cocoons and a major province for comprehensive utilization of sericulture.
Currently, the Erchun cocoon from Gaoxian County, Yibin City is on the market. It has good quality and high yield. The average yield is more than 45 kilograms. Taking into account the 2 yuan bonus, the price is generally more than 37 yuan per kilogram. , up to 41 yuan.
The purchase of early summer cocoons in Huidong County has come to an end today. The mid-range price of 10.2 fresh shells of cocoons is 33 yuan. The quality of the cocoons sold is good, so the purchase price is generally above this price.
In 2019, Sichuan Province’s mulberry planting area reached 2.2 million acres, 2.25 million silkworms were raised, 88,000 tons of cocoons were produced, 150,000 tons of mulberry fruit was produced, and the comprehensive output value of sericulture reached 8.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase 7.5%, and successfully established three provincial-level sericulture modern agricultural parks in Ningnan, Wusheng and Yilong. According to statistics, since last winter and this spring, about 70,000 to 80,000 acres of new mulberry orchards have been planted in Sichuan Province, and the mulberry fruit industry has exploded. It is expected that the province’s mulberry fruit output will increase by 20% to 25% compared with last year. </p
