埃及当地棉花消费在第二季度下降56%

 

Egyptian local cotton consumption dips 56% in Q2

The consumption of locally grown cotton by Egyptian companies decreased by 56.6 per cent in the second quarter of the agricultural season 2015-16, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed.

During December 2015 – February 2016 period, local companies purchased 76,400 kantar (1 kantar = 45.02 kg) of cotton, compared to consumption of 175,800 kantar in the corresponding period of the previous season.

The decline in consumption was largely due to shutdown of a number of spinning mills in the country, CAPMAS said.

Exports of Egyptian cotton too decreased to 112,700 kantar during the three-month period under review, as against exports of 246,000 kantar between December 2014 and February 2015, registering a drop of 54.2 per cent. However, CAPMAS attributed the decline in exports to the decrease in cotton crop.

Similarly, the quantity of ginned cotton fell by 29.5 per cent to 900,000 kantar during the second quarter, compared to 1.3 million kantar cotton ginned during the same period of the previous season.

Likewise, the amount of pressed cotton declined by 46.3 per cent to 540,000 kantar, compared to 1 million kantar pressed during the same quarter in the previous season.

译文如下：

埃及当地棉花消费在第二季度下降56%

2015-2016农业季节，当地种植棉花埃及公司的消费在第二季度下降了56.6%,埃及国家统计局(CAPMAS)显示。

2015年12月- 2016年2月期间,当地公司购买了76400坎塔尔(1坎塔尔= 45.02公斤)的棉花,相比去年同期，消费量则为175800坎塔尔。

CAPMAS称，消费量的下降是显著的，主要因为该国大量纺纱厂的关闭。

在评估的三个月期间，埃及棉的出口也减少到112700坎塔尔, 2014年12月至2015年2月，出口246000坎塔尔,显著下降54.2%。然而,CAPMAS将出口的下降归因于棉花作物的减少。

同样,皮棉的数量在二季度下降了29.5%至90万坎塔尔,去年同期则为130万坎塔尔。

同样,压棉的数量下降了46.3%至54万坎塔尔, 去年同期则为100万坎塔尔。