Latest in Tag: Exports Highlight
Latest in Tag: Exports

Industrial sector, investments will rise when Egypt offers preferential treatment to local products: Trade minister
Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour told the Daily News Egypt in an interview for the Euromoney supplement that the law offering preferential treatment to local products will be referred to the presidency in September for approval. The minister, who also discussed the industrial lands and factory issues, stressed that …

Exports reach $1.66bn in August: Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade
Arab League highest importer of Egyptian goods in August, ministryâs report highlighted
Egyptâs juice and beverage industry worth EGP 8bn: Federation of Chambers of Commerce chair
Beverage business also exports an estimated $180m to foreign markets per year
Industry ministry issues decision to form committee dairy product safety and quality system
System to be implemented tracking all steps from farm to final product to meet export requirements for EU markets
Negotiations with Russian importers ongoing: APEC chairman
Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade to visit Russia in September
Exports register $1.4bn in July, $13.34bn since beginning of 2014: Industry Ministry
Exportation targets of the Ministry of Planning conflict with those of Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade

Egyptian exports to the USA drop 37.6%, imports surge 7.6%
Flow of investment between the two countries also declines 61.7%, CAPMAS

Egyptian government presents trade, technology projects to India
Government conducts broad international talks to revive confidence in Egyptian economy threatened by political turmoil
EGP 200 fee issued on marble, granite and EGP 50 fee on sand: Abdel Nour
The Ministry of Industry and Trade issued an EGP 200 fee on each ton of marble and granite blocks, in addition to an EGP 50 fee on each ton of any kind of sand, according to statement made by Minister of Industry and Trade Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour Tuesday. The ministry has banned the export …

Strengthening Saudi-Egypt ties reflected in increased exports
Construction material and engineering and electronic goods topped exports to Saudi Arabia from Egypt
Planning ministry targets 14% investment growth, 3.2% economic growth for FY 2014/2015
Government seeks to increase investments to EGP 336.9bn, increase imports by 3.8% and offer 550,000 job opportunities

Furniture exports register EGP1.1bn, reaching EGP 2.8bn by end of 2014
Sector exports have increased steadily over the past four years.

Egyptian non-petroleum exports rise for first time in 2014: Industry ministry
Egyptian exports grow by 3% in May after continuous monthly decline since the beginning of 2014

Jordan requests import of 20,000 tons of rice as exception to Egypt ban
As Syrian crisis harms trade with Jordan and refugees put pressure on its food supply, country is looking for new import partners
Egyptian engineering industries develop plan to increase exports to 31 countries
By Abdel Qader Ramadan The Engineering Export Council, comprised of Egyptian companies working in the export sector, has formulated a plan to expand exports to 31 target countries. The move comes as part of a plan to double its exports to reach $5bn within five years. “Egyptian companies export to a very large number of …

Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade launches new strategy to double exports in 4 years
Minister announces new strategy and programme to support exports at the start of the next fiscal year in July
Information tech to double growth rate by 2020: Ministry of Communications
Ministry announces three initiatives to improve Egyptâs digital economy
Industry minister orders restructuring of 16 export councils
Abdel Nour says export councils in question had failed to achieve past targets
Egypt estimates local wheat crop at 9 million tonnes
Reuters – Egypt estimates its local wheat crop at 9 million tonnes, according to a state newspaper that cited a government report, lower than the 9.5 million tonnes the Agriculture Minister had predicted. Traders surveyed in a Reuters poll estimated this yearâs crop at around 7 million tonnes, in line with the previous harvest. The …
MENA region underperforming export potential: Experts
Regional experts discuss the obstacles facing the export diversification in the MENA region.

EgyptAir freight price hike bad news for exporters: Egyptian Chamber of Commerce official
Airline attributes 5% fee increase to rising fuel prices
EMEA Oil & Gas winners and losers in Ukraine crisis: Fitch
Reuters – Fitch Ratings says BG Energy Holdings Ltd, BP plc, Royal Dutch Shell plc and Total SA are among the rated oil and gas companies in EMEA that stand to gain from a potential shift in EU countries’ energy links with Russia over time, while OAO Gazprom and NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, are most …

Negotiations over resumption of rice exports to begin within next two weeks
Minister of Supply to reconsider decision to suspend rice exports

Egypt ranked 58th top exporter to US
The two most exported Egyptian items to the US are petroleum products and nitrogen fertilisers

Iraq criticises Kurds over oil ‘grey area’
Baghdad argues that all oil sales must be overseen by the central government, and regards any independent exports as tantamount to smuggling.

Egyptâs exports to Brazil surge 9.8% in 2013
Brazilian imports from Arab countries grow by 2% last year, according to the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.

367k feddans planned for cotton growth over coming year: Ministry of Agriculture
Media reports highlighted that the cotton-cultivated area last agricultural season was 367,566 feddans; however, the cotton was grown in only 250,000 of 350,000 feddans projected.

Foreign Trade Minister issues decision to establish âHandicrafts Export Councilâ
Council to support handicrafts sector following major decline in tourism

Non-petroleum exports surge by 12% over 11M 2013
Exports reach EGP 134.7bn in the past 11 months of 2013, compared to EGP 120.7bn during the same period last year

Rice shortage behind rice exports suspension: Official
Shortage is a result of an attempt by merchants to monopolise rice market