Influenced by a planned decline in the planting areas, and the flooding in cotton-growing areas in the Yangtze River Basin, the output of cotton was 4.4 million tons, a decline of 200,000 tons as compared with that in the previous year.

• 棉花因调减播种面积和长江流域棉花主产区洪涝灾害的影响，产量为440万吨，比上年减产20万吨。