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Thoraya, 80 years old farmer harvests cotton for 5 $ per day in a field in the province of Al-Sharkia northeast of Cairo, Egypt, October 15, 2020.
Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Minister of Public Busines Sector, Hisham Tawfik, announced the completion of the construction works of three cotton ginning factories in Sharkia, Gharbiya, and Beheira at a total cost of EGP 200 million.
The three factories are awaiting the installation of new machinery to start pilot production in May, Tawfik said in a statement on Monday.
New machines worth $7 million are expected to arrive from India to be installed in the three factories in March.
Each ginning factory, spanning over an area of about 6,000 square metres, has a planned output capacity of five tonnes per hour, the minister added.
The ministry’s development plan includes the development of seven cotton ginning factories; the first one was established in Fayoum.
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