A worker sweeps cotton clumps into a compressor at a ginning factory near the southern city of Ashdod October 21, 2012. Israel will harvest about 15,000 tons of cotton this year, Israel Cotton Board's CEO Uri Gilad said on Sunday. Israeli cotton is exported mainly to Europe and to East and Southeast Asia. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL)