2012年以来棉花市场持续低迷,全球经济疲软,国际棉价下降,国内棉价受国家收储政策影响稳中有涨,但购销市场清淡。国内外棉花价差持续扩大,外棉价格优势明显,进口棉同比大幅增加。由于2011年下半年以来的低棉价影响棉花种植面积减少,据预测全球植棉面积和产量双双下降,国内棉花种植面积下降7.57%。 Since 2012, the cotton market has been in a downturn. The global economy is sluggish. The international cotton prices have dropped. The domestic cotton prices have steadily risen amidst the state purchasing and storage policies, but the buying and selling markets are light. Domestic cotton spreads continued to expand, foreign cotton price advantage obvious, a substantial increase in imports of cotton year on year. Due to the decrease of cotton acreage affected by the low cotton price since the second half of 2011, the global cotton planting area and output are predicted to drop both while the domestic cotton acreage decreased by 7.57%.