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- The country imported Egyptian products to the value of $2.9 billion, says a report
CAIRO: The UAE was the largest importer of non-oil goods from Egypt in 2020, according to the latest official government figures.
The country imported Egyptian products to the value of $2.9 billion, said a report by Egypt’s Information and Decision Support Center.
The figure made the UAE Egypt’s biggest importer of non-oil goods, followed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the US, and Italy, together accounting for approximately 35 percent of Egyptian exports last year.
The total volume of Egypt’s trade with the UAE – including non-oil exports and imports – was around $4.1 billion in 2020.
The report also revealed that China was the largest exporter of non-oil goods to Egypt, followed by the US, Germany, Italy, and Turkey, last year accounting for 41 percent of all Egyptian imports.
The volume of Egypt’s non-oil imports from China decreased in 2020 to $11.6 billion, compared to about $12.4 billion in 2019.