China's cotton output surges 4.3% YoY in 2022

The country’s cotton yield per hectare jumped by 5.3 per cent to 1,992.2 kg. The Xinjiang province, which is China’s largest cotton-growing region, accounted for 90.2 per cent of the nation’s total cotton output in 2022. The yield per hectare in the province rose by 5.5 per cent, local media reports quoted NBS official Wang Guirong as saying.

Furthermore, NBS data showed that the total area of cotton fields in China dropped by 0.9 per cent from 2021 to about 3 million hectares.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (NB)