Egypt signs $8m in export contracts with Kurdistan
Antar noted that the ECA also succeeded in dispatching a trade mission consisting of 10 major importers from Kurdistan region in fields of agricultural crops and food products to participate in Food Africa, which was held during the period 22-24 April in Cairo.
He pointed out that the ECA has dispatched five trade missions to Egypt during the last three months that were composed of 50 Kurdish import companies and operating in various sectors that include food products and agricultural crops, furniture, leather, footwear, chemical products, and garments.
The ECA's head said that Egyptian exports to the Kurdistan region has seen a remarkable development in recent years, where it rose from EGP 89m in 2010 (before the opening of the trade office in 2011) to about EGP 754m during 2015 and amounted to about EGP 672m in 2016.
source: menafn.com
