150 cotton enterprises gather at Xinjiang Cotton Outlook Forum

On July 25, the "2013 Cotton Outlook Forum" was held in Urumqi. The forum was hosted by Beijing Cotton Prospect Information Consulting Co., Ltd. 150 cotton acquisition companies, textile companies, autonomous regional development and reform commissions, and officials from the Economic and Credit Commission and other departments from across the country gathered to discuss how to respond to the new cotton purchasing and storage standards to be implemented in the new cotton year and how to improve the existing cotton market. Regulation policy.

150 cotton enterprises participated in the 2013 Cotton Outlook Forum in Xinjiang in 2012. The country’s cotton temporarily received storage and storage of 6.62 million tons, of which Xinjiang reached 4.21 million tons, accounting for more than 60% of the total. In September 2012, the Xinjiang 12th Five-Year High-Quality Cotton Base Feasibility Study Report was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission. In early October, the first batch of high-quality cotton base construction projects were implemented within the central budget. The project plans to invest a total of 1.413 billion yuan. In view of the importance of Xinjiang's high-quality cotton base for safeguarding national cotton security and the development of the cotton textile industry, the central government has continuously supported its construction in three "five-year plans" and invested a total of 2.5 billion yuan in capital construction funds within the central budget. This is the longest period of investment for a single province, a single crop, and a country since the founding of New China.

Experts from the Cotton Association of China, China Cotton Information Network and Xinjiang Local Cotton and Cotton Company, and experts in the industry talk about "Processing and Settlement under New Standards", "Current Status and Prospects of Xinjiang Cotton Industry Development," "Discussions on the Long-term Mechanism of the Cotton Industry" and other issues A keynote speech was delivered and a roundtable discussion was held. The status quo of the development of long-staple cotton causes special attention from the participants.

“At present, Xinjiang long-staple cotton and upland cotton (fine cotton wool) have already formed upside-down prices, which has seriously dampened the enthusiasm of cotton farmers in planting long-staple cotton. This is very unfavorable for the cultivation and development of long-staple cotton in our region and must arouse the relevant departments of the state. It is highly valued and concerned," said Li Cheng, general manager of the cotton division of the First Division of the Corps.

It is understood that at present, only China, the United States and Egypt produce long-staple cotton. The main producing areas in China are in the agricultural divisions of the first division of the Afanthi County and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in Aksu Prefecture. "From the point of view of the global long-staple cotton market, the quality of long-staple cotton in Xinjiang is already at the leading position in the world," said Li Cheng.

As a "niche" variety in cotton, although long-staple cotton is of good quality and is a good raw material, not all textile mills need long-staple cotton, so the sales of long-staple cotton are longer than ordinary cotton and have long price fluctuations. The big situation. In the past two cotton years, the state has successively implemented the cotton temporary storage and storage policy, but the policy only stipulates the collection and storage of fine cashmere cotton, but does not mention the collection and storage of long-staple cotton. The price fluctuation of China's long-staple cotton is extremely large. In 2011, when the price of long-staple cotton was the highest, it was nearly 50,000 yuan per ton. Since then, the price of long-staple cotton has been falling all the way. In the initial and middle period of the acquisition of Xinjiang long-staple cotton in 2012, the purchase price was below 8.7 yuan/kg, and the lowest price was 8.2 yuan/kg, which was lower than the purchase price of 9 yuan/kg for local upland cotton. "This is the first time in more than half a century that the price of long-staple cotton is lower than the price of fine cotton," said Li Cheng.

This has severely dampened the planting enthusiasm of cotton farmers and caused a significant reduction in the planting area of ​​long-staple cotton. According to statistics, the planting area of ​​long-staple cotton in our district has decreased from the peak of more than 200,000 tons in 2006 to 130,000 tons in 2011 and about 60,000 tons in 2012.

“According to this trend, the planting area of ​​long-staple cotton will be further reduced in 2013. It is estimated that the planting area will be around 430,000 mu and the output will be around 40,000 tons,” said Li Cheng.

It is understood that long-staple cotton is a key raw material for spinning high-count yarns, and the demand for high-grade high-grade products is still high for downstream companies. Cotton spinning companies such as Esquel Textile and Youngor settled in Xinjiang are the main users of long-staple cotton.

In order to prevent further decline in the area of ​​Xinjiang long-staple cotton, local companies and cotton farmers have called for the increase in long-staple cotton storage during the 2013 cotton harvest. Li Cheng also stated that it is necessary to strengthen the construction of domestic long-staple cotton bases, and should incorporate long-staple cotton into the long-term mechanism of national strategic reserves and issue corresponding direct subsidies.