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On March 10, the Official Gazette published the Ministry of Commerce’s decision No. 141 of 2022, banning the export of a number of commodities, namely wheat, flour, gravel, mashed beans, lentils, pasta and flour of all kinds, for a period of 3 months.
The Egyptian national exports recorded about one billion and 197 million dollars.
The clothes exports increased by 37% in the Arab countries during the first quarter of 2022 to record $67 million, she said.
Fuel, mineral oils, and distillate products come on top of the list.
Egyptian exports during the first quarter of 2022 included the African continent excluding the Arab countries at a value of $515 million, compared to $382 million during the same period of 2021, with an increase of 35 percent.
Engineering exports witnessed a 41 percent increase in March 2022 compared to the same month 2021, reaching $392 million in March 2022, compared to $278 million in March 2021.
Constituting nearly one-third (32 percent) of Egypt's total exports to Jordan, exports of food industries have proven the great importance of Egyptian food industries for the Jordanian market, Aboud added during a seminar titled "A Trade Mission from the Food and Packaging Industries on May 26-31."
She explained that the strategic goal of establishing the academy is to establish a unified entity concerned with training exporters and providing export advisory services in Egypt and the countries of the region.
Gamea elaborated that the most important items of exports include citrus, phosphates, chemical and mineral fertilizers and fruits.
The agreement aims to promote Egyptian gas export to Europe, and specifically to Italy, in the context of the transition to a low carbon economy.
Exports increased 34.5 percent, recording $3.99 billion in January 2022, compared to $2.97 billion during the same month of 2021.
It added that China's imports from Egypt reached $1.7 billion dollars, with a jump of 84.8 percent year on year.
In its monthly report released on Thursday, the council said 5 countries acquired 47.7 percent of the total exports, topped by Sudan that imported printing and packaging materials worth $23 million and Libya with $21 million.
In its monthly report released on Thursday, the council said 5 countries acquired 47.7 percent of the total exports, topped by Sudan that imported printing and packaging materials worth $23 million and Libya with $21 million.
Italy came in the third place with a value of $113 million, followed by Saudi Arabia with $98 million and Spain with $71 million, the report said.
A report released by the Export Council for Building Materials, Refractory & Metallurgy Industries (ECBM) said that Egypt's exports of cast iron and steel were to 51 countries.
Egypt's gems and jewelry exports to the UAE and Germany registered a whopping 95 per cent and 47 per cent increase, respectively, during the report period.
The list of importing countries included 11 new ones that did not import cement from Egypt during the same period in 2021, the report added.
In its monthly report, the council said the exports amounted to $50 million, against $49 million within the same period last year.
The council added that the US, Taiwan, Singapore were not among Egyptian copper importers in the same period last year.
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