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Egypt is looking to double its famous long-staple cotton production and exports during FY2017-18<\/strong>, Agriculture Ministry spokesperson Hamed Abdel Dayem tells Reuters<\/a>. Long-staple output this fiscal year \u2014 which is expected to rise to 1.4 mn qintar (160 kgs), up from 700k qintar last year \u2014 will all be exported and at a higher price of USD 168.07 per qintar (c. EGP 3,000), Abdel Dayem adds. The return of long-staple cotton to \u201cworld markets could provide a lucrative export opportunity at a time when Egypt has a huge trade deficit,\u201d notes the newswire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt is looking to double its famous long-staple cotton production and exports during FY2017-18, Agriculture Ministry spokesperson Hamed Abdel Dayem tells Reuters. Long-staple output this fiscal year \u2014 which is expected to rise to 1.4 mn qintar (160 kgs), up from 700k qintar last year \u2014 will all be exported and at a higher price […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-645006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"cd6710f3-6d6b-49bb-98aa-e1db46312d6c","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"f87233cc-6dd2-4d0f-a454-c7e366157aff","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[644997],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEgypt looks to double long-staple cotton production and exports in FY2017-18 - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/10\/egypt-looks-to-double-long-staple-cotton-production-and-exports-in-fy2017-18\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egypt looks to double long-staple cotton production and exports in FY2017-18\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Egypt is looking to double its famous long-staple cotton production and exports during FY2017-18, Agriculture Ministry spokesperson Hamed Abdel Dayem tells Reuters. 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