Official sources estimate the volume of cotton quantities for sale this season at 2.5 million kentars, reported Al-Ahram . From this quantity, 1.3 million kentars will be exported to 23 different states and the rest will be shipped to local cotton manufacturing facilities. The same source estimates remaining cotton not contracted for sale at 4.7 million kentars. — (menareport.com)
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