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Egypt export push contends with widening current‑account gap

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Egypt’s export momentum continued into July 2026 as the government combined sector‑specific initiatives pushes with broader reforms. After reporting a Garment exports rose 15 % rise in garment exports and a €35 million cement‑export project, officials highlighted project was launched, while digital customs reforms, online services and a modernised clearance system aimed to lower cut costs and speed trade. The Central Bank said reported the current‑account deficit more than doubled in the Jan‑Mar quarter Q1 to $5.1 billion, driven by a $5.7 expanding the nine‑month shortfall to $14.6 billion surge in oil imports, while despite higher remittances, tourism and Suez Canal revenues rose but could not close the merchandise‑trade shortfall, widening the nine‑month deficit to $14.6 billion. revenues. The Export Development Fund, led by CEO Hatem El‑Nawawi, met the Export Council for Food Industries to chart mapped a strategy for expanding value‑added food exports to Europe and Africa, where food shipments reached $6.8 billion in 2025, up 12 % year‑on‑year. and Investment and Foreign Trade Minister Mohamed Farid consulted met Procter & Gamble on expanding to expand local manufacturing and exports to for Gulf and African markets, emphasizing Egypt’s strategic location, its network of stressing free‑trade agreements and reforms aimed at attracting quality FDI, creating jobs and boosting industrial competitiveness. FDI. Industry Minister Khaled Hashem inspected four factories in the Ismailia’s second industrial zone of Ismailia on 26 July. The visits covered a 350 million EGP July, covering frozen‑food processor (40 000 t/yr, 500 jobs), a 600 million EGP processing, power‑generation unit plant (1 800 units/yr, 180 jobs), a 25 million EGP ready‑made‑garments factory (1.2 million pieces/yr, 650 jobs) units, ready‑made garments and a 1.2 billion EGP transformer plant (1 000 units/yr, over 1 000 jobs). Hashem underscored plant, underscoring food processing and garments as key pillars export pillars. The following day Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Issa visited Gharbia, promoting an upgrade of the Mahalla textile complex that accounts for 40 % of sector investment, aiming to boost capacity, modernise technology and sharpen export diversification competitiveness. Meanwhile, Egypt announced EGP 215.5 billion of green public investment for FY 2024/25—71.5 % in transport and job creation. 87 % in climate‑mitigation projects—and set a target for green spending of 60 % of total budgets by FY 2026/27. The country attracted $15.5 billion in FDI, staying first in Africa for four years, aided by a unified digital business‑registration platform and priority‑sector reforms in renewable energy, ICT, tourism and manufacturing.

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  3. 2026-07-26 13:07 UTC Egypt export push contends with widening current‑account gap

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