4 BULLETIN 332, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Table I. — Total production of cotton in Egypt, exclusive of the Sudan, for the 

 past five years, in kantars and in the equivalent of 500-pound bales. 1 



Year. 



Kantars. 



500-pound 

 bales. 



1909 



5,001,000 

 7, 505, 000 

 7,386,000 

 7, 499, 000 

 7, 684, 000 



990,200 



1910 '. 



1,486,000 



1911 



1,462,430 

 1,485,000 

 1, 521, 430 



1912 





1913. . . 





1 The kantar equals 99.049 pounds. Trie Egyptian bale contains about 750 pounds, but for readier com- 

 parison the conversion is made in the table into the equivalent of the American bale of 500 pounds. The 

 figures in the table are taken from those published by the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture. (Mo. Return 

 [Min. Agr. Egypt], year 3, no. 2, 16 p., Oct. 31, 1914.) 



About 60 per cent of the entire Egyptian crop is exported to 

 Great Britain and a smaller proportion to the United States (10 per 

 cent in 1910 and 1911 and 13 per cent in 1912). The remainder is 

 exported mainly to the countries of continental Europe. 



AMERICAN CONSUMPTION OF EGYPTIAN COTTON. 



Notwithstanding the fact that nearly two-thirds of the American 

 cotton crop is exported for manufacture in foreign countries, a 

 large and steadily increasing quantity of raw cotton is imported for 

 manufacture in the United States. By far the larger part of this 

 imported cotton is obtained from Egypt. Table II shows the im- 

 ports of Egyptian cotton for the past 10 years. These figures are 

 taken from those published by the Bureau of the Census. 1 They 

 show that the quantity imported varies somewhat from year to year, 

 but the tendency is toward an increase in the importations. 2 



Table II. — Imports of Egyptian cotton for the crop-distribution years from 1905 

 to 191k, inclusive, stated as 500-pound bales. 



Year. 



Quantity 

 imported, 

 in 500- 

 pound 

 bales. 



Year. 



Quantity 

 imported, 

 in 500- 

 pound 



bales. 



1905 



108, 283 

 103, 669 

 169,731 

 120, 187 

 129,985 



1910 



102, 217 



1906 



1911 



183,786 

 175, 835 

 191, 075 



1907. . 



1912 



1908 



1913 



1914 



1909 



137, 355 







The shorter kinds of Egyptian cotton (1\ to If inch staple), the 

 so-called brown Egyptian and Upper Egypt cottons, produced 

 by the Mit Afifi and Ashmuni varieties, respectively, are used by 



1 Supply and distribution of cotton. Bureau of the Census [U. S.] Bui. 117 [19121/13 

 40 p., 1913; Bui. 128 [19131/14, 30 p., 1914. These bulletins have been published an- 

 nually since 1905. The figures cover the crop-distribution year from September 1 to 

 August 31, and hence refer to the crop produced in the previous calendar year. 



2 According to figures published by the Bureau of the Census, the total imports of 

 Egyptian cotton for the 12 months ended July 31, 1915, amounted to the equivalent of 

 252,373 bales of 500 pounds each, as compared with 138,579 bales for the year ended 

 July 31, 1914. 



