Egypt’s Printing and Packaging Exports Hit $198M in 2 Months

The Egyptian Export Council for Printing, Packaging, Paper, Literary and Artistic Works announced that its exports from January to February of 2022 rose by 65 percent to hit $198 million, compared to $120 million in the same period of 2021. 

In its monthly report released recently, the council said 5five countries acquired 47.7 percent of the total exports, topped by Sudan that imported printing and packaging materials worth $23 million, and Libya with $21 million. The UK and Northern Ireland imported printing and packaging materials worth $15 million in the first two months of 2022, followed by Morocco with $14 million, Italy with $13 million, and Saudi Arabia with $9 million, the report noted. 

Kenya came eighth in the list of printing and packaging materials importers with $8 million, followed by Algeria with $8 million and the United States with $10 million, the report concluded.