$3.8 Billion are Egypt's imports from the U.S.A

Egyptian minister of trade and supply Ahmed Goweili said yesterday that U.S. exports to Egypt during July of 1996 and July 1997 reached $3.8 billion with Egyptian exports for the U.S. reaching $690 million. Goweili said the visit of the head of the US chamber of commerce on the coming Friday comes after the U.S. approval to increase the share of the Egyptian exports by 10 % of T-Shirts made of Egyptian cotton after negotiations that lasted few month between the 2 sides.