Beijing, December 26 /Xinhua/ — China’s gross cotton harvest steadily increased in 2022, as favorable weather conditions led to an increase in yields per hectare, official data show.
According to data released on Monday by the State Statistical Office of the People’s Republic of China, by the end of 2022, the volume of cotton production in the country amounted to about 5.98 million tons, an increase of 4.3 percent. on an annual basis. In 2022, China’s cotton yield per hectare increased by 5.3 percent to 1992.2 kg.
Thanks to the sunny weather and moderate precipitation, the yield of cotton per hectare in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region / XUAR/ in northwestern China increased by 5.5 percent, said the official of the GSU Wang Guizhong. This year, Xinjiang accounted for 90.2 percent. of the total cotton production in the country.
According to the ministry, in 2022, the total area of the country’s cotton fields decreased by 0.9 percent against last year’s figure and amounted to about 3 million hectares.
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