In 2025, the national cotton production increased by 7.7% year-on-year.

Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 26th showed that in 2025, the national cotton production was 6.641 million tons, an increase of 477,000 tons from the previous year, an increase of 7.7%. The data showed that the national cotton production achieved growth driven by the increase in planting area and the improvement in yield. In 2025, the national cotton planting area was 44.687 million mu, an increase of 2.113 million mu from the previous year, an increase of 5.0%; the national cotton yield was 148.6 kilograms per mu, an increase of 3.8 kilograms per mu from the previous year, an increase of 2.6%, maintaining growth for six consecutive years.