Egypt: Cotton and Products Annual
Post forecasts total lint cotton production to increase by 23 percent to 395,000 bales in MY2016/17. The expected increase in production is a result of an anticipated increase in total planted area of 20 percent to 120,000 ha from MY2015/16 and an increase in yields from 3.2 bales/ha to 3.3 bales/ha. Consumption is forecast to drop by 6 percent or 40,000 bales to 590,000 bales in MY2016/17. In turn, total lint cotton imports are forecast to drop by 11 percent or 50,000 bales to 400,000 bales in MY2016/17 compared to 450,000 bales in the current marketing year. Exports are to increase by 33 percent at 200,000 bales. At least 25 percent of Egypt’s total lint cotton imports are sourced from U.S. suppliers, and since 2007, most U.S. cotton exports to Egypt have been of the Pima cotton variety.
