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EGYPT: Egypt's Alcotexa sells 420 Tons of Cotton in the past week.
Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 420 tonnes of cotton in the week that ended on November 27, an Alcotexa official told Reuters on Sunday.
Egytex News Desk
Source: Reuters
The sales comprised 270 tonnes of Giza 88 and 150 tonnes of Giza 86, the official said.
Alcotexa's export commitments for the 2010/11 season, which began in September, are now 82,989.5 tonnes of cotton worth $297.92 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 28 November 2010. Figures and names are as reported at the time.
