SINGAPORE, Dec 26 (Reuters) -
* China's cotton output rose 4.3% in 2022 to 5.977 million tonnes, the National Statistical Bureau said on Monday
* Output at top cotton producing region Xinjiang totalled 5.39 million tonnes, up 5.1% versus 2021
* National planting acreage for cotton amounted to around 3 million hectares, 0.9% smaller than 2021 (Reporting by Chen Aizhu; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
