CAIRO — The Egyptian minister of trade and industry, Tarek Kabil, told Shorouk News on Aug. 22 that in the first half of 2017, Egypt’s exports to Turkey rose by 30% to $1.07 billion, while Turkey’s exports to Egypt dropped by 50%, reaching $912 million in the same period.
Turkey is one of Egypt's biggest sources of imported clothing, and the trade volume between the two countries reached about $3 billion in 2016 in fields such as engineering, food, energy and agriculture, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry.
