BULLETIN 332, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 
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 
1,486,000 
1,462,430 
1,485,000 
1, 521, 430 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1 The kantar equals 99.049 pounds. The 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 bv 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 1914, 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 
183,786 
175, 835 
191,075 
1906 
1911 
1907 
1912 
1908 
1913 
1909 
1914 
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.j'buL 117 [19121/13 
40 p., 1913 ; Bui. 128 [1913]/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. 
