Continued Superiority
March 16, 2009 Egyptian cotton is a strong competitor because of its superiority among world cotton varieties. This is a result of the tremendous efforts done by all cotton sectors, including research, production, marketing and manufacturing.
The handling of Egyptian cotton has played an important role in maintaining its unique properties; the gentle treating begins from its hand picking. In addition, Egypt packs seed cotton in jute sacks sewed by cotton threads to protect it from any external contamination.
Through its marketing stages, starting from sack by sack classing by the Cotton Arbitration and Testing General Organization (CATGO), Egyptian cotton is cautiously handled. Laws prevents the delivery of seed cotton to the ginning mills without being classed in the classing rings and without CATGO`s classing card.
CATGO`s classers inspect all seed cotton sacks delivered to the ginning mills to ensure that it is the assigned variety for that ginning mill and that there is an absence of all forms of contamination. Furthermore, we follow up seed cotton stacking according to its grade with dragging and emptying seed cotton sacks in according blending halls to increase homogeneity among cotton bales within the same lot, which in turn helps spinners in predicting and obtaining the desired yarn quality.
Such supervision includes the whole ginning process until baling, ends with its approval and marking by CATGO. The cotton is then prepared for export directly from the ginning mills. The main aim of CATGO is to protect Egyptian cotton from mixing, deterioration and contamination through its effective role, appreciated by all international organizations involved in the cotton industry. CATGO’s labs are equipped with the most up to date instruments for testing cotton fiber properties.
Among the important developments in CATGO is our issuing of computerized certificates for moisture regain and adjusted weight, cotton variety and grade, as well as cotton fiber properties. CATGO conducted studies on the relation between cotton classification at Mint El-Bassal Cotton Exchange and its fiber properties measured in its labs. Those studies revealed that there is a strong positive correlation between lint cotton grades and fiber technological properties. These findings emphasize that the Egyptian handling and classification system is achieving its goal, as cotton grades are correspondent to quality properties that enables better evaluation for spinners as high grades reflect high quality.
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