Egypt's exports of building materials up by 36% in 4 months

CAIRO - 23 June 2022: Egypt's exports of building materials rose in the first four months of 2022 by about 36 percent to record $2.558 billion compared to $1.883 billion  in the same period last year.

 

Ten countries absorbed 65.5 percent of the exports of this sector, according to the monthly report of the Export Council for Building Materials, Refractory & Metallurgy Industries which was issued on Thursday.

 

The UAE came at the top of importers with its imports standing at $456 million in the first four months of 2022.

 

Canada came in the second position followed by Italy, Ghana, Saudi Arabia, the US, Algeria, Spain and Libya.