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EGYPT: Egypt's Alcotexa sells 46 tonnes of cotton in last week
Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 46 tonnes of cotton of the Giza 88 variety in the week that ended on 19 March, an Alcotexa official told Reuters on Sunday.
Egytex News Desk
Source: AL Ahram Online
Alcotexa's export commitments for the 2010/11 season, which began in September, are now 110,067 tonnes of cotton worth US$451.4 million, the official added.
By this time last year, Alcotexa had sold 65,771 tonnes of cotton worth $150.97 million.
Source: AL Ahram Online
From the Egytex news archive, first published on 22 March 2011. Figures and names are as reported at the time.
