"2013 Henan Textile High Level Forum" Held A Cotton Policy Adjustment Step Or Near

< p > August 22~23, "2013 Henan textile high level forum" was held in Kaifeng, Henan.

Xu Wenying, vice president of China Textile Industry Federation, Li Shuqin, President of Henan Textile Industry Association, responsible person of Henan provincial development and Reform Commission, provincial industrial office and other departments, as well as more than 100 key a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp" spinning enterprises from Henan, < /a >, general manager of cotton business and cotton Futures Company, attended more than 200 representatives.

The conference launched a heated discussion and full exchange on cotton policy and related issues.

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< p > Xu Wenying said at the meeting: "the national development and Reform Commission held a meeting in May 23rd to further improve the cotton regulation and control, explore the direct subsidy policy for cotton farmers and other related issues.

This is a step closer to what we have been calling for cotton farmers to make up subsidies and liberalize cotton import control and abolish sliding duties.

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Since July last year, the China Textile Federation has established a cotton Working Committee, and 9 large enterprises in the industry have participated. The entrepreneurs signed the report to the State Council, including suggestions on cotton storage, storage, import quota and tariff, reflecting the problems in the industry.

The ministries and commissions concerned have reached a consensus on the difficulties encountered by the textile industry and the direct subsidy to cotton farmers.

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< p > the high price difference of cotton still exists.

"The price of cotton storage and storage is equal to the market price, and the high price difference of cotton still exists."

Xu Wenying said that the current state reserve cotton storage and storage in July 31st has ended, the cumulative turnover of 3 million 720 thousand tons, the paction ratio of 24.68%, the average paction grade 3.8, 328 fold, the average price of 19213 yuan / ton.

Among them, the total volume of imported cotton was 920 thousand tons, with a turnover ratio of 75%, and there were still nearly 7 million tons of cotton stored in the national treasury.

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< p > recent cotton prices in China are basically around 19200 yuan / ton, and the price of imported cotton is about 14500 yuan / ton at 1% tariff.

China's cotton price is still higher than the international market of 4700 yuan / ton.

Such a price gap makes textile enterprises unbearable and export competitiveness greatly reduced.

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< p > < a > href= > //www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_q.asp > cotton purchasing and storage policy < /a > should be adjusted.

Because the state has formulated the high cotton price to protect farmers, it is still much higher than the international market after placing the storage, which makes the textile enterprises bear the high cost that the country should bear and lose their competitiveness in the international market. Meanwhile, the quality of the cotton that is stored and stored is quite serious, the grade is not up to the standard, the short staple moisture is over standard, the stock storage is in a malicious charge phenomenon, and the warehouse is slow. The farmers have not got the actual benefit. Because of the rising cost of planting cotton, the price of pesticide, plastic film and artificial picking has increased. Cotton processing enterprises have sold the lint to the state at the price of 20400 yuan / ton, at least 1500 yuan per ton.

Cotton processing enterprises are buying cotton seeds under the pressure of quality and price. Farmers' income is limited, and the enthusiasm of cotton planting has not improved. In 2012, the area of cotton seed was reduced by 72 million 550 thousand mu, 3 million 10 thousand mu, and 4%.

According to the China Cotton Association report, in 2013, the intention of planting cotton in the whole country dropped by 6.8%.

Therefore, it is not appropriate to adopt the method of continuous purchasing and storage in 2014, and it should be adjusted in due course.

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< p > implementation of subsidies for cotton farmers is a general trend.

At present, a series of national policies on cotton, such as quota system are used to restrict the quantity of imports, to ensure that there is enough market demand for domestic cotton and prevent the sale of cotton. The sliding tariff system is adopted to import cotton tariffs, that is, the lower the price of imported cotton is, the higher the tariff rate is. The international cotton price even maintains a 5% minimum tax rate even higher than the domestic cotton price. The highest tax rate reaches 40%. Since last year, the international cotton price is lower than the Chinese price 5000~6000 yuan / ton, and the enterprises are willing to pay high taxes and fees for importing cotton.

Since this year, the import of cotton is more than 700 thousand tons by only 40% of the tax rate.

This double protection method to a certain extent has hurt cotton growers' enthusiasm for planting cotton, and has also damaged the competitiveness of the textile industry.

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< p >, therefore, the representatives of the participating enterprises have expressed their expectation that the new a and href= policy should be introduced as soon as possible, so as to alleviate the numerous crises that the enterprises are facing at present. < href= > > cotton > /a >

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