€2.7 billion volume of trade exchange between Egypt, Spain in 2021

Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir said that Spain is one of the most important commercial partners for Egypt in the European Union as the volume of trade between both countries exceeded €2.7 billion in 2021 in comparison to €2.1 billion in 2020 with 31.3 percent increase.

 

He said that the Egyptian exports reached €1.192 billion in 2021 in comparison to €659 million in 2020 with an increase of 89.5 percent.

This came in a word of the minister, read out on his behalf by Head of Commercial Representation office Yehia el Wathiq Billah, during the inauguration of Spain-Egypt Multilateral Partnership forum hosted in Egypt for two days in presence of Spanish Secretary of State for Trade Minister Xiana Méndez Bértolo and Spanish Ambassador to Egypt Alvaro Iranzo Gutierrez in addition to a number of representatives of Egyptian and Spanish companies.