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CAPMAS noted that Egypt’s agricultural season starts in early September and lasts until the end of August the following year. During the agricultural season of the year 2016-17, the North African country’s cotton exports rose 12.6 per cent, reaching 431,000 metric kantars.
The Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation recently pointed to a 500,000 acre increase in the size of the country’s cotton cultivated area. Egypt agrees to raise salaries ahead of fuel, service prices hike.
