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Egypt has achieved a relative relief in cotton plantation this year by raising its production by 30 per cent during 2021. Celebrating World Cotton Day on October 7, the Egyptian cabinet said cotton cultivation and production have witnessed an increase compared to last year. They attributed global cotton price and high demand to the rise in production.
Cotton production is expected to be about 1.6 million kantars (a kantar equals to 45.02 kg), with an increase of 30 per cent in production compared to last year, according to an Egyptian newspaper report. Egypt is famous for its extra-long staple cotton.
Egypt increased the cultivated area this year to 236,000 feddans (one feddan equals 1.038 acres or 0.42 hectare) compared to 182,000 feddans last year, said head of the Egyptian Farmers’ Syndicate Hussein Abu Saddam in a statement.
Egypt has achieved a relative relief in cotton plantation this year by raising its production by 30 per cent during 2021. Celebrating World Cotton Day on October 7, the Egyptian cabinet said cotton cultivation and production have witnessed an increase compared to last year. They attributed global cotton price and high demand to the rise in production.
The global stock of cotton is projected to decline by 5 per cent to reach 86.7 million bales (one bale equals 170 kg) this year because of the decline of the stocks in China, said the US Department of Agriculture.
In its annual report on Egypt’s cotton on March 31, 2021, the US Department of Agriculture said that “cotton area harvested in Egypt was forecast to increase seven percent to 70,000 hectares (ha), from 65,000 ha in MY 2020/21.” It added that Egypt’s production is estimated to increase to 250,000 bales this year compared to 215,000 bales in the previous year.
The GOAC said that 21 countries led by India, Pakistan and Bangladesh imported Egyptian cotton from October 2020 to September 2021, amounting to 88,452.58 tons of cotton.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)
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