Tamim el Dawi said that US is deemed the world third largest importer of Egypt's processed food in 2021, accounting 5.4 percent of the Egyptian food sector exports.

In 2021, Egypt's food exports hit $4.1 billion, representing 14 percent of the country's non-oil exports, he added.

Up to 279 Egyptian food companies recorded exports in 2021, of them around 55 companies had more than one-million-dollar exports, he added.