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Egypt’s cotton exports in the fourth quarter of the agricultural season 2016/2017, from June-August 2017 dropped by 38.4 percent standing at 86,000 qantar (157.7kg), compared with around 140,000 qantar in the same period last year due to decline in the areas of cultivated cotton, as per CAPMAS, state statistics agency.
According to CAPMAS, India came as the top country importing Egyptian cotton, with almost 36,000 qantar, representing 41.5 percent of Egypt’s exports in the period between June and August 2017.
