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bilateral trade with international groupings that have joint agreements with Egypt
The total value of Egypt’s exports to the international groupings of ESCWA, Sahel and Sahara countries, comesa, group of fifteen, Arab Free Trade Area, The developing Islamic Group of Eight is about $35.4 billion in 2021, compared to $28.9 billion in 2020, an increase of 22.2%, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics issued the annual bulletin of intra-trade with international groupings in 2021.
Egypt’s exports to the Arab Free Trade Zone ranked first, reaching $10.7 billion in 2021, compared to $10.1 billion in 2020, with an increase of 6.1%. Followed by ESCWA, where the total value of exports amounted to $8.4 billion in 2021, compared to $8.1 billion in 2020, an increase of 3.5%.
While the COMESA Group ranked last, with total exports amounting to $3.1 billion in 2021, compared to $2.3 billion in 2020, an increase of 30.9%.
The total value of Egypt’s imports from these gatherings amounted to $37.5 billion in 2021, compared to $30.1 billion in 2020, an increase of 24.7%.
Egypt’s imports from the Arab Free Trade Zone ranked first, with a value of 13.3 billion dollars in 2021, compared to 9.4 billion dollars in 2020, an increase of 41.9%. Followed by the Group of Fifteen, where the total value of imports amounted to 9.7 billion dollars in 2021, compared to 8.4 billion dollars in 2020, an increase of 15.1%.
Whereas, the Sahel and Sahara grouping came last, with the total value of imports amounting to 1.0 billion dollars in 2021, compared to 0.8 billion dollars in 2020, an increase of 28.1%.
Intra-trade with international groupings that do not include Egypt
And on intra-regional trade with international groupings that do not include Egypt, which brings together the European Union, efta , naphtha asean association, The mercosur group, from which it is clear:
The total value of Egypt’s exports to these gatherings amounted to $20.0 billion in 2021, compared to $11.3 billion in 2020, an increase of 76.9%.
Egypt’s exports to the European Union ranked first, reaching $14.6 billion in 2021, compared to $7.8 billion in 2020, an increase of 85.9%. Next is the NAFTA pool, where the total value of exports amounted to $3.4 billion in 2021, compared to $2.4 billion in 2020, with an increase
Its value is 44.4%.
Al-Efta Group ranked last, as the total value of exports amounted to $51.6 million in 2021, compared to $151.1 million in 2020, a decrease of 65.9%.
The total value of Egypt’s imports from these gatherings amounted to $38.1 billion in 2021, compared to $33.3 billion in 2020, an increase of 14.2%.
Egypt’s imports from the European Union came in the first place, reaching 21.3 billion pounds in 2021, compared to 19.2 billion dollars in 2020, with an increase of 10.8%. Next is NAFTA, where the total value of imports amounted to $6.6 billion in 2021, compared to $5.4 billion in 2020, an increase of 21.0%.
The EFTA group came in the last place, where the total value of imports amounted to 1.4 billion dollars in 2021, compared to 1.3 billion dollars in 2020, an increase of 2.8%.