Egypt: Cotton and Products Annual

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   EG2021-0005

In market year (MY) 2021/22, cotton area harvested is forecast to increase seven percent to 70,000 hectares (ha), from 65,000 ha in MY 2020/21. Post estimates production of MY 2021/22 at 250,000 bales compared to 215,000 bales in MY 2020/21. Public spinners are still under renovation limiting the domestic use. However, Egypt plans to set up the world’s largest spinning and weaving factory in Mahalla al-Kubra, at a cost of about EGP 900 million ($57 million).

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