Cairo – Mubasher: Egypt’s trade deficit dropped by 15.4% year-on-year to $3.22 billion in October 2017 from $3.79 billion, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics’ (CAPMAS) monthly bulletin.
Exports surged by 21.5% to $2.24 billion in October 2017, up from $1.85 billion in October 2016, while imports fell by 3.3% to $5.46 billion from $5.46 billion, the CAPMAS added.