China's major cotton grower forecasts slight drop in output

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China's major cotton grower forecasts slight drop in output

China's leading cotton producing area is expected to produce 782,700 tons of cotton this year, close to that of 800,000 tons for last year, local official said on Tuesday.

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China's leading cotton producing area is expected to produce 782,700 tons of cotton this year, close to that of 800,000 tons for last year, local official said on Tuesday.

Officials with Agriculture Bureau of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, which dominates commercial farming in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said the acreage under cotton for this year was close to 450,000 ha, 13,300 ha more than last year.

Xinjiang has been the biggest producer of quality cotton in China.

New growing technology, including high-density, high-yielding planting technology and dripping irrigation technology, was used this year on scales larger than last year, which has helped make up for the losses caused by natural disasters, said the officials.

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