Egypt’s non-oil exports up 20% at start of 2022

Egypt’s main exports are related to oil and the non-oil sector has been hurt by the war in Ukraine.
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A picture taken on March 29, 2021, shows the Panama-flagged MV Ever Given container ship after being fully dislodged from the banks of the Suez Canal, Egypt. - AHMAD HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images
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Egypt’s non-oil exports increased significantly in the first three months 2022. 

The exports rose 20% from nearly $7.7 billion in the first quarter of 2021 to almost $9.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022, the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry said in a series of tweets. 

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