An employee adjusts clothing displayed at Phluid, a new retail shop billed as "The world's first gender-free store" which lends itself to a growing interest among apparel brands for genderless collections in New York City, New York, U.S., May 18, 2018. RE
CAIRO - 25 May 2018: The Ready-Made Garments Export Council announced on Friday that the exports of the sector has increased by 14 percent during the Q1 of 2018 to reach $511 million, compared with $447 million during the same period in 2017.
The exports of the sector to the U.S. made an increase of 14 percent, during the Q1 of 2018, recording $247 million, against $216 million during the same period in 2017.
With an increase of 20 percent, Egypt's exports to Europe registered $173 million , compared with $144 million in 2017.
Egypt's garment exports to the African countries were up by 40 percent during Q1 of 2018 to reach $940,000.
On the other hand, garment exports to Arab countries retreated by 11 percent, recording $24 million, compared with $27 million in the Q1 of 2017.
The report added that the top countries interested in the Egyptian garment are the U.S., Turkey, Spain, Britain, North Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, Saudi Arabia, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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