$515 million in Egyptian - US commercial trade in first two months of 1999
Egypt-USA, Economics, 6/26/1999

Egyptian Minister of Trade and Supply Ahmed Goweili said the volume of commercial trade between Egypt and the U.S.A. in January and February of 1999 decreased by 17.7% in comparison to the same period of last year and that value of the Egyptian exports to the U.S. reached nearly $90 million during the same period, mostly represented in ready-made clothes, fabrics and textiles with 64% and consumer goods with 13.7%. Petroleum and its products accounted for 3.7% of trade, while engineering and metal goods took 6.1% and food products 2.6%.

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