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Food processing is a promising sector on which the Trade and Industry Ministry depends on to increase exports in the coming stage, he asserted.
This came during the meeting of the export committee at the Egyptian Businessmen Association (EBA) under Mostafa el Naggari.
Head of the Egyptian trade representation office in Lusaka Ahmed el Deeb said Egypt's trade balance achieved a surplus of $730 million, against $631 million in 2017.
Egyptian imports from the EU went down 29 percent in that period to $8.15 million from $11.5 million in the corresponding period last year.
Imports from Tunis declined 14.6 percent to record $21 million, down from $24.6 million in first half of 2016.