CAIRO-Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 947 tonnes of cotton in the week that ended on July 17, an Alcotexa official told Reuters on Sunday. The sales comprised 50 tonnes of Giza 70 cotton, 617 tonnes of Giza 88 and 280 tonnes of Giza 86, the official said. The deal brings Alcotexa's export commitments for the 2009/10 season, which began in September, to 78,161 tonnes of cotton worth $186.93 million, the official said. Egypt expects to export 80,000 tonnes of cotton this season, the agriculture minister said in February. By this time last year, Alcotexa had sold 22,607 tonnes of cotton worth $57.57 million.
