Egypt’s non-oil exports rise 1.7% in May – report

Egypt’s non-oil exports rose 1.7 percent year-on-year last May, the monthly report of the General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) showed on Wednesday.

Egyptian non-oil exports reached $2.28 billion in May from $2.24 billion during the same month in 2018, according to the Middle East News Agency (MENA).

The North African country’s non-oil exports in May included $1.781 billion industrial goods and $506 million food commodities, GOEIC’s report found.

Egypt’s non-oil exports to Arab countries reached $792 million in the second month of the second quarter of 2019, while exports to the EU registered $701 million during the same period.