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EGYPT: Egypt's Alcotexa sells 1,209 Tons of Cotton in the past week.
Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 1,209 tonnes of cotton in the week that ended on December 4, an Alcotexa official told Reuters on Sunday.
Egytex News Desk
Source: Reuters
The sales comprised 421 tonnes of the Giza 88 variety and 788 tonnes of Giza 86, the official said.
Alcotexa's export commitments for the 2010/11 season, which began in September, are now 84,199 tonnes of cotton worth $304.67 million, the official said.
By this time last year, Alcotexa had sold 35,705 tonnes of cotton worth $78.5 million.
Source: Reuters
From the Egytex news archive, first published on 5 December 2010. Figures and names are as reported at the time.
