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Data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt revealed that the country’s exports to the Nile Basin countries increased in 2021 by 29.5 percent, reaching US$1.55 billion, compared to US$1.19 billion in 2020.
Data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt revealed that country’s exports to the Nile Basin countries increased during 2021 by 29.5 percent, reaching US$1.55 billion, compared to US$1.19 billion in 2020. The Nile Basin countries include Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea, and South Sudan.
The group of chemical products and plastics ranked first for exports, having a value of US 475.4 million in 2021, as against US $391.4 million in 2020. The group of animal and plant products, beverages, and tobacco came in first place for imports, with a value of US$553.6 million in 2021, compared to US$438.3 million in 2020, marking an increase of 26.3 percent. Imports from the Nile Basin countries amounted to US$0.66 billion in 2021.
The group of chemical products and plastics ranked first for exports, having a value of US 475.4 million in 2021, as against US $391.4 million in 2020. While the group of animal and plant products, beverages, and tobacco came in first place for imports, with a value of US$553.6 million in 2021, compared to US$438.3 million in 2020, marking an increase of 26.3 percent
Sudan ranked first in exports, with a value of US$826.8 million in 2021, compared to US$500.1 million in 2020, an increase of 65.3 percent. The most important items that were exported to Sudan were plastics and their products (raw materials for the plastic industry), sugar and sugar products.
Kenya came in second place, with a value of US$382.0 million in 2021, compared to US$387.2 million in 2020, a decrease of 1.3 percent. The most important items that were exported to Kenya were plastics and articles thereof (raw materials for the plastic industry), iron and articles thereof, paper and articles of paper pulp, salt and sulfur, stone dust, and cement.
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Sudan also ranked first in imports, with a value of US$336.7 million in 2021, compared to US$224.9 million in 2020, registering an increase of 49.7 percent. The most important items that were imported were live animals, grains, oily fruits, medicinal plants, and fodder.
