During the ongoing calendar year, cotton production in China increased by 9.7 per cent year-on-year to 6.164 million tonnes, according to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Cotton production particularly increased in Xinjiang, the main cotton growing region in China.
China’s cotton production rose 9.7 per cent to 6.164 million tonnes in 2024, driven by a 1.8 per cent expansion in planting area and a 7.8 per cent rise in yield efficiency.
Xinjiang, the top-producing region, boosted its planting area by 3.3 per cent.
Meanwhile, planting areas in the Yangtze and Yellow River basins dropped by 1.6 per cent and 13.6 per cent, respectively.
Both the area under cotton cultivation and yield per hectare increased during the year. While the total cotton planting area rose by 1.8 per cent compared to the last year, the yield per unit area saw a sharp jump of 7.8 per cent to touch 2,172 kg per hectare, as per the NBS data.
Cotton plantation area expanded by 3.3 per cent to 2.45 million hectares in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in the northwest of China. On the other hand, area under cotton cultivation in the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins declined by 13.6 per cent and 1.6 per cent, respectively.
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