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MINISTRY  OF  TRADE & INDUSTRY
    COTTON  ARBITRATION  AND  TESTING GENERAL ORGANIZATION
 
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EGYPTIAN COTTON  

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    Today the textile industry is advancing at a very rapid  speed, and its management is calling upon manufacturing processes to control costs, reduce wastages and improving productivity levels.

To achieve these, the spinner requires clean and high quality lint which fulfils its specifications.

The Egyptian Cotton varieties are well known world-wide in terms of its production as well as its high quality , and has been able to meet the above specifications .

Its noteworthy that the Egyptian Cotton is the second in production to that of the US Cotton  and both contribute for more than 70% of the total world production in the LS & ELS categories .

Moreover , the Egyptian Cotton varieties have always been internationally recognized for  its excellent  physical fiber properties , purity as well as its homogeneity , and which , as a result, guarantees the production of very fine yarns and fabrics.

Historically , its well known, that the American Pima Cotton as a ELS Cotton of Egyptian origin from the old Egyptian cultivars by the name "Mit Afifi" which was  introduced to U.S.A. at the beginning of the twentieth century .

A trade mark has been set by Egypt for promoting and marketing the Egyptian cotton varieties and guarantees the quality and superiority for products made of 100% of   Egyptian Cotton .