Egyptian trade mission to visit Ivory Coast in July

CAIRO - 21 June 2018: Executive Chairwoman of the Engineering Export Council of Egypt (EEC) Maha Saleh said the council will organize a trade mission to Ivory Coast in July, as part of the trade ministry’s strategy to expand in the African market.

“The mission will include representatives of 18 companies of electric industries, car components and metalwork,” she told MENA.

Saleh pointed out that the EEC aims to increase exports to $3 billion by the end of 2018, noting that the trade sector’s exports have grown since the end of 2017.

The exports of engineering industries went up by 7.7 percent in the first four months of this year, amounting to $797 million compared to $740 million in the same period of the past year.