In 2015, the target price of cotton in Xinjiang was set at 19100 yuan per ton.

The target price level of cotton in Xinjiang in 2015 is 19100 yuan per ton, which is 700 yuan lower than that of last year.

On the evening of April 7, according to the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, the state continued to carry out pilot cotton target price reform in Xinjiang in 2015.

Taking into account the costs and benefits of cotton production, market supply and demand and other factors, with the approval of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission issued a target price level of 19100 yuan per ton of cotton in Xinjiang in 2015.

The cotton growing area in Xinjiang includes more than 60 counties and cities in southern and northern Xinjiang and more than 110 regimental farms in bingtuan. Of the more than 2.3 million farmers in Xinjiang, 50% are growing cotton, which is usually planted in April.

Wang Xinjiang, a researcher at the National Cotton Engineering and Technology Research Center, said on April 8 that due to the cooling weather encountered in most cotton-producing areas in China since Ching Ming Festival this year, after the cotton concentrated sowing dates were all wrong in varying degrees, it is expected to be in mid-April or late April. the release time of the target price will send a reference signal to cotton farmers before the start of spring sowing.

Last year, the state decided for the first time to implement a pilot project of cotton target price reform in Xinjiang, and Xinjiang also announced a specific implementation plan that year. This marks the official end of the cotton temporary collection and storage system, which has lasted for many years, and the state subsidy for cotton has changed from "hidden subsidy" to "explicit subsidy".

In fact, before the introduction of cotton target prices this year, cotton farmers in Xinjiang were less willing to plant cotton. The reporter learned from the Agriculture Department of the Autonomous region that Xinjiang plans to reduce the cotton planting area by 4.665 million mu this year.

In 2014, Xinjiang's cotton output reached 3.677 million tons, accounting for 59.7% of the country's total output. Some cotton analysts predict that the reduction of 4.665 million mu of risk cotton fields in Xinjiang means that the supply of new cotton will decline from 2015 to 2016. In the long run, it will help to improve the supply and demand pattern of the domestic cotton market and maintain the stable operation of cotton prices.

Wang Xinjiang said that the implementation of the cotton target price subsidy policy has also brought Xinjiang cotton prices in line with international cotton prices, made Xinjiang cotton prices more competitive, and reduced the raw material costs of textile enterprises.

The reporter learned from the textile office of the autonomous region that in 2013, more than half of the textile enterprises above the scale of Xinjiang suffered losses, and the root cause of the loss was the price of cotton raw materials at home and abroad. Last year, driven by the policy of direct subsidy for cotton and the development of the textile and clothing industry in Xinjiang to promote employment, the textile industry in Xinjiang turned losses into profits.

Zhang Hongzhou, director of China Galaxy Futures Textile Division, also said in an interview that the target price of 19100 yuan is a good thing for cotton processing plants and textile mills in terms of resources, because the inherent planting intention in the market will not be reduced.

Industry insiders also said frankly that the target price of cotton is reduced by 700 yuan per ton of lint, which is equivalent to a drop of about 0.2 yuan per kilogram compared with 2014, that is, the minimum price for cotton farmers to grow cotton has not changed much.