Report Highlights: 

Post forecasts Egypt’s MY 2025/26 cotton production at 320,000 bales, down 25 percent from the previous season due to a significant decrease in area harvested. In MY 2024/25, the governmentestablished auction prices more than doubled from the previous year, discouraging private traders from procuring local production and resulting in higher carryover stocks. As a result, Egyptian farmers are expected to plant less in MY 2025/26. 

However, Post forecasts MY 2025/26 exports at 300,000 bales, 66 percent higher than MY 2024/25, on steady demand and exports being more competitively priced relative to international prices. 

Domestic consumption is estimated at 750,000 bales in MY 2025/26, up 3.4 percent from USDA’s MY 2024/25 official figure, on expanded spinning and weaving capacity, supported by the Egyptian public sector and international investments.

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