Xinjiang lint processing volume exceeds 2 million tons (November 7-11)

According to the survey data of 1837 farmers in 87 counties and cities in 14 provinces, regions, and cities by the National Cotton Market Monitoring System, as of November 11, the country’s new cotton picking progress was 85.0%, a year-on-year decrease of 6.9 percentage points and a decrease of 6.0 percentage points from the average of the past four years. Among them, Xinjiang’s picking progress was 83.8%; the national delivery rate was 79.1%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8 percentage points, and an increase of 1.6 percentage points from the average of the past four years, of which Xinjiang’s delivery progress was 90.8%. According to a survey of 80 large and medium-sized cotton processing enterprises, as of November 11, the national processing rate was 72.6%, a year-on-year increase of 6.5 percentage points, an increase of 4.4 percentage points from the average of the past four years, of which the Xinjiang processing rate was 74.2%; The national sales rate was 17.5%, a year-on-year decrease of 4.9 percentage points, 18.4 percentage points lower than the average of the past four years, of which the Xinjiang sales rate was 16.1%. According to the estimation of the estimated domestic cotton output of 4.916 million tons (predicted by the National Cotton Market Monitoring System in August 2016), as of November 11, the country’s cumulative sales of seed cotton and lint cotton were 3.305 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 526,000 tons, which was compared with the average of the past four years A decrease of 1.354 million tons, including 2.875 million tons of seed cotton and lint cotton sold in Xinjiang; a total of 2.400 million tons of lint processed, a year-on-year decrease of 131,000 tons, a decrease of 818,000 tons from the average of the past four years, of which 2.134 million tons of lint processed in Xinjiang; cumulative sales of lint 577,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 281,000 tons, a decrease of 1.183 million tons from the average of the past four years, of which 462,000 tons of lint were sold in Xinjiang. Article Keywords: 　Cotton