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· Trade exchange between Egypt and the Nile Basin countries during the first nine months of 2021, increased by 26.3 percent, on an annual basis, according to data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).
· The value of Egypt’s exports to the Nile Basin countries recorded US$1.11 billion during the period from January to the end of September 2021, compared to US$835 million over the same period last year.
Trade exchange between Egypt and the Nile Basin countries during the first nine months of 2021, increased by 26.3 percent, on an annual basis, according to data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).
The value of Egypt’s exports to the Nile Basin countries recorded US$1.11 billion during the period from January to the end of September 2021, compared to US$835 million over the same period last year. This works out an increase of 33.7 percent. The highest values were concentrated in five African countries, accounting for 94.7 percent of the total of this bloc. The value of exports to Sudan amounted to $588 million, or 52.7 percent of the total bloc, while in the Kenya, the value of exports amounted to US$284 million, or 25.4 percent of the total bloc. The value of exports to Ethiopia amounted to US$80 million, representing 7.1 percent of the total bloc. In the case of Uganda, the value of exports amounted to $68 million, or 6.1 percent of the total bloc. exports to Tanzania worked out to US $37 million, representing 3.3 percent of the total bloc.
The most important commodities exported were plastics and their products, with a value of exports reaching $154 million. This works out to 13.8 percent of the total goods. Sugar and its products at $120 million, representing 10.8 percent of the total commodities, and salt, sulfur, earth, stones and cement, the value of exports ($73 million), representing 6.6 percent of the total goods. Imports from the Nile Basin countries amounted to $497 million during the period from January to the end of September 2021, compared to $442 million for the same period in the previous year.
The highest values were concentrated in five African countries with a percentage of 99.1 percent of the total of this bloc.
