Cotton Sales Are Unstable, Cotton Farmers Look Forward To Policy Support.

< p > cotton is an important strategic material related to the national economy and the people's livelihood. In recent years, the sales situation of < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > cotton < /a > has fluctuated.

What is the cotton purchasing situation this year? The enthusiasm of farmers to grow cotton is not high. In mid December, the reporter came to Gaotang County, once the "Star" of cotton production in the whole country.

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< p > Gaotang cotton planting area has been as high as 600 thousand mu, and has been decreasing year after year.

Last year, the county planted 250 thousand mu of cotton. Due to bad weather, cotton yield and quality were greatly affected. The average yield per mu was only about 350 Jin.

This year, 200 thousand mu of cotton is planted. Due to the good weather, the average yield is about 450 Jin, and the output reaches 600 Jin.

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Chen Jun P, deputy director of the county, thinks that the risk of cotton planting is relatively high. Cotton prices have fluctuated in recent years, and cotton growers have been "scary".

On the other hand, the strength of planting cotton is large and the comparative benefit is low.

Cotton is much more employed than wheat and corn, while wheat and corn are heavily subsidized, and farmers get much more benefits.

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< p > "cotton > a href=" //www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_cj.asp "> price < /a > the domestic and international market is seriously upside down. The difference between domestic and international cotton prices has expanded from 1000 yuan / ton in September last year to the current 5000 yuan / ton, and the low price cotton in India and Pakistan has a great impact on the domestic market.

The domestic cotton price is higher than the international cotton price, which is beneficial to protect the interests of cotton farmers. But in the long run, the difference between domestic and foreign prices is too great for the development of the whole cotton industry. Cotton textile enterprises are more inclined to use imported cotton, and ultimately increase the cotton farmers' risk of planting cotton.

Chen Jun said.

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< p > Zhu Xianwen, a villager in the village of the former village of San Li Pu town, has planted 20 mu of cotton this year, raising the cotton market. Zhu Xianwen is not optimistic.

"This year the weather is better than last year, one mu of land can receive about 430 pounds."

His family's seed cotton has not yet been sold. "The price is not suitable. Wait and see."

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< p > last year, the opening price of new cotton listed on "a href=" //www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_p.asp "Gaotang > /a" was about 3.6 yuan per catty, reaching 4.1 yuan this year.

Although the price is high, Zhu Xianwen doesn't want to sell it.

Zhu Xianwen calculated an account: the machine raking 100 yuan, sowing 50 yuan, fertilizer 180 yuan, watering 200 yuan, film 50 yuan, medication 100 yuan, plus the labor cost at harvest time, an acre cotton field investment nearly 1000 yuan, 4.1 yuan price, really not much money to earn.

"The same acre land, the income of grain is about 700 yuan, and planting cotton is much more expensive than seed food, especially during the picking period, the labor cost of 1 yuan per kilogram can not recruit cotton workers."

There are more than 2800 acres of cotton planted in Qian Tun Village. Almost every household has cotton, but there are few cotton sellers in recent years.

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< p > Liu Zeying, Secretary of the former village village branch, said: "planting more cotton and less income are the current situation.

Because the soil in the village is not good, basically it is salinized land and sandy land. It can not get much grain, cotton is drought resistant and suitable for planting, otherwise the people in the village will not grow cotton.

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< p > > in thirty Li Town, Hou Yongjun, a "cotton broker" from Xiajin County, said that no amount of cotton could be collected for running a day, and fewer and fewer farmers were willing to sell cotton.

Sheng Xueqing, a local cotton broker in Gaotang, said he now runs not only in this county but also in several nearby counties and cities.

Compared with previous years, this year's acquisition is very difficult.

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< p > thirty Li Pu town is the most important cotton processing and distributing center in the whole province.

There are 87 cotton processing enterprises and spinning enterprises in the whole town. The annual processing capacity of seed cotton is 800 thousand tons, and the annual sales income of cotton industrial cluster is 5 billion 200 million yuan.

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< p > the Xing Long Cotton Industry Co., Ltd. is a supplier of national cotton reserves, and its storage capacity in recent days is over 30 Jin Jin.

The town has 10 cotton processing enterprises, such as Xing lung, which mainly supply cotton to the state.

Wang Wanqiang, general manager of Xing Long company, said that now more than 90% of cotton is supplied to national cotton stores, and cotton textile enterprises can not digest 10% of them.

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< p > reporter also heard the introduction: in order to avoid market risks, cotton textile enterprises how much procurement, how much cotton is not stored; cotton processing enterprises that do not supply state cotton stores are also temporarily purchased, processed in a timely manner and sold without cotton according to the requirements of cotton textile enterprises.

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< p > shortage of acquisition funds also restricts takeover.

A survey in the town showed that because of the cumbersome loan procedures, high interest rates and short duration, cotton enterprises would rather seek private financing than bank loans.

The acquisition funds from banks accounted for only 20% of the total, others were settled through private financing and self financing, and the interest was relatively high.

The interest expense accounts for a considerable portion of the profits of investors, thereby reducing the net income of investors and affecting the re investment and development of enterprises.

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< p > "I hope that the state will strengthen its subsidy to cotton, at least in the same way as grain crops.

In addition, we hope to have good varieties for disease resistance and high yield. "

Zhu Xianwen, a cotton grower in Gaotang County, has been recommended for many years.

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< p > "if cotton can be mechanized like corn and wheat, it will not only save manpower, reduce labor intensity, but also reduce input.

In this way, farmers' enthusiasm for planting cotton will be improved.

Gaotang County Qian Tun Village branch secretary Liu Zeying said.

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< p > Wang Wanqiang, general manager of Gaotang Xing Long Cotton Industry Co., Ltd., and other cotton enterprises operators appealed that while protecting the interests of cotton farmers, they should also formulate corresponding policies to support the development of cotton enterprises.

If cotton enterprises are depressed for a long time, they will eventually affect the income of cotton farmers.

Cotton enterprises are mostly labor-intensive enterprises, and some enterprises arrange employment for more than 10 thousand people.

At present, the State applies the "high tax and low deduction" to the cotton value-added tax of cotton textile enterprises (according to the current value-added tax system, the input tax rate of cotton purchase in China's cotton textile enterprises is 13%, and the product sales tax rate is 17%, which means that even if the cotton textile enterprises do not realize the value added, the cotton purchased will be sold at the original price, and they still have to bear the tax revenue, that is, the so-called "high levy and low deduction", while the cotton accounts for about 70% of the textile enterprise's production cost.

It is suggested that a policy of reciprocal tax and output tax be applied to lighten the burden of enterprises.

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< p > Chen Jun, deputy director of Gaotang County Office, suggested that cotton farmers should be given more support while implementing the temporary purchasing and storage policy.

Encourage enterprises to join in with cotton growers, establish cooperative organizations, and closely link the two parties in the interest chain and take risks together.

At the same time, we should elongate the industrial chain and work harder and harder in order to cope with the fluctuation of cotton prices.

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