Will China'S Cotton Become "Second Soybeans"?

< p > < strong > collection and storage policy: the state is looking for a long-term mechanism to balance the government and the market < /strong > /p >

< p > after having gone through the "Craziness" of < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > cotton < /a > in 2010, the cotton temporary purchase and storage policy was implemented in 2011 from the approval of the State Council.

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< p > national purchasing and storage has indeed played a supporting role in China's cotton prices, and even played a supporting role in stabilizing the global cotton prices. However, this policy is facing great difficulties: on the one hand, the current purchasing and storage price is still not enough to mobilize cotton farmers' enthusiasm for planting cotton, and the reduction of cotton planting area can explain this year by year.

In 2012, the area of cotton planting in China decreased by about 6% to about 74 million 80 thousand mu, and according to the May cotton production survey of China cotton information network, the sowing area of cotton in 2013 was 70 million 650 thousand mu, which was 4.6% lower than that in the same period last year.

On the other hand, the high cotton price caused by the policy of purchasing and storing has seriously damaged the interests of enterprises such as a target= "_blank" href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" > textile < /a >.

China is an important exporter of textiles "a target=" _blank "href=" //www.sjfzxm.com/ "clothing" /a ". However, the cotton textile industry is facing serious challenges. Besides the weak growth of export market demand, the erosion of RMB exchange rate, the fierce competition in the international market, the increasing competition in trade protectionism and so on, the increasing cost of labor and raw materials has made China's traditional trade advantage lose.

The 20400 yuan / ton does not limit the purchase and storage, making the circulation of < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/" > cotton resources < /a > very limited, especially the high-grade cotton, and the price is rising steadily.

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< p > < strong > Import Policy: will cotton become "second soybean" < /strong > < /p >

< p > China's first agricultural and sideline product is soybean, followed by livestock products and cotton.

On the issue of cotton imports, the state is also in line with the original intention of ensuring the stability of China's cotton production, but the import quota policy adds all the pressure to the textile enterprises.

Continuous price upside down, up to 6000 yuan / ton of internal and external spreads, even quotas are sold to 3300 yuan / ton, textile enterprises to survive even more difficult.

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< p > on the import of cotton, in the Eighth China International a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com" > Cotton Conference < /a >, Du Min said cotton should not repeat the mistakes of soybean, mainly because of the domestic quota policy and the long chain of cotton industry, and it is not easy to be controlled. But the president of China Agricultural University, Ke Bingsheng, put forward different opinions. He thinks that the import of cotton will continue to increase, especially after the marketization of cotton.

In addition, the quality of domestic cotton is not good. It is alleged that cotton grades are lower in some areas this year. Cotton enterprises mix 5 grade cotton and higher grade cotton together to form a cotton grade storage with a grade of 4. Therefore, < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com > > textile enterprises < /a > generally reflects that the reserve cotton grade is low and the quality is poor this year, even Xinjiang cotton is also doped with low-grade cotton.

Even so, under the quota restriction, textile enterprises can not use imported cotton with high quality and low price.

At present, the quality of cotton has affected the production of high count yarn in textile enterprises, and has also had a negative impact on China's cotton brand.

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