A report was sent by the Russian trade office to Kabil, in which was outlined the indicators of the performance of foreign trade with Russia during the H1 2017. The report showed that Egyptian vegetables and fresh fruit exports witnessed a significant increase, reaching about $303.8m during H1 2017 compared to 236.2m during the same period in 2016—an increase of 28.6%. Egyptian exports of agricultural crops also increased 28.8%. Furthermore, there is a great increase in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries by 9.6%, reaching $4.4m in 2017 compared to $4 m during the same period last year. The office carries out intensive promotional efforts for the participating Egyptian companies and arranges job interviews with major importing companies.

Source: Daily News Egypt August 20, 2017 16:52 UTC