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Understand The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Cotton Production In America And Xinjiang

2021/12/27 21:44:00 0

Cotton is the most important natural textile fiber raw material in the world. Its remarkable characteristics are high commercialization, long industrial chain and huge economic value. For a long time, China has been one of the most important cotton producers in the world, with a total output of more than 5 million tons. In contrast, the cotton production in the United States is quite inferior, basically maintained at 3.2-3.5 million tons, accounting for only 50-60% of China's. However, this does not affect the United States to become the world's largest cotton exporter. Regardless of the total output, there are also great differences between China and the United States. The reasons behind this are worth studying.

How many kilograms of cotton per mu in Xinjiang?

In China, cotton has a long history of cultivation, related records can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. The growth condition of cotton is special, which requires a long frost free period, sufficient light and appropriate rainfall.

From the actual output point of view, Xinjiang is the most important cotton production area in China. In 2021, China's total cotton output is 5.731 million tons, of which 5.129 million tons are from Xinjiang, accounting for 89.5% of the total. Xinjiang cotton accounts for nearly 90% of the country's cotton, behind this, high yield per unit area is an important advantage. According to statistics, in 2021, the average cotton yield per hectare in Xinjiang is 2046.4 kg, which is 8% higher than the national average yield per hectare. The yield of cotton per mu in Xinjiang is 136.4 kg, and the average yield of cotton per mu in China is 126.2 kg.

How many kilograms of cotton per mu in the United States?

Cotton cultivation in the United States has a long history, the main production area is located in the south of the United States. The plain cotton area is distributed from west to East, forming the famous cotton belt in the United States, which is also the largest continuous cotton planting area in the world.

According to the U.S. Department of agriculture statistics, from 2000 to 2020, the U.S. cotton yield showed an overall upward trend, but fluctuated greatly. The year with the highest yield per hectare was 2017, with an average yield of 905 pounds per hectare of cotton per hectare, but it has remained around 820 pounds in most years. Converted into mu yield, the highest average yield per mu is 67 kg, which is only about 60 kg in conventional years.

Even if the yield per unit area is not dominant, the United States is still the largest cotton export country, with an annual export of 3.23-3.54 million tons (accounting for more than 75% of the total cotton production in that year), a considerable part of which was transported to China, India and other countries

China and the United States have their own advantages and disadvantages in cotton production

The advantages of China's cotton lie in the yield per unit area and the total yield. The yield per unit area is twice that of the United States, and the total yield is 1.8 times that of the United States. American cotton is not worthless, its advantage lies in higher production efficiency: cotton planting has realized scale, harvesting has also realized mechanization, saving labor costs and improving work efficiency.

At present, Xinjiang cotton industry is in transition, and the key to the future is to improve the quality: 1-2 main varieties can be selected to promote mechanization and precision operation; Strengthen the transformation of saline alkali soil to improve the survival rate of cotton seedlings; Rational fertilization, saving water resources and so on. I believe that the future of Xinjiang cotton will be able to successfully transform, improve quality and efficiency, we will wait and see!