The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced that the total value of Egypt’s exports reached $26.29bn in 2017, compared to $22.49bn in 2016, an increase of 16.8%. TheCAPMAS added in its annual bulletin on foreign trade that the total value of non-petroleum exports reached $22.49bn in 2017, compared to $19.64bn in 2016, an increase of 14.5 %. On the other hand, the total value of petroleum exports reached $3.80bn in 2017, up from $2.86bn in 2016, an increase of 32.9%. “Furthermore, the value of finished goods exports reached $12.12bn during 2017, up from $10.86bn in 2016, an increase of 11.6%,” according to the report. “The value of fertilisers reached $1.04bn in 2017, compared to $0.723bn in 2016, an increase of 43.8%,” according to the CAPMAS.

Source: Daily News Egypt December 20, 2018 12:11 UTC