Egypt’s “glass and its products” exports to the United States during the first 8 months of 2020 grew by 111.6 percent despite the coronavirus epidemic, 17 percent of the sector’s total exports, the Egyptian Export Council for Building Materials, Refractories and Metals Industries said on Monday.
The Council stated that glass exports and exports to the United States during the period (January-August) were $ 16.5 million compared to $ 16.3 million in the same period of 2019, approximately $ 34.5 million.

It added that total exports of glass and its products declined to $ 204 million during the January-August period, compared to $ 268 million in the same period last year, a decrease of 24 percent.
It reported that about 96 countries were exported to 201 countries, including those not exported during the same period in 2019 (including Peru – Nicaragua – Indonesia – Eritrea – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Senegal – New Zealand – Switzerland). Huh. Maldives).
The council said that “Turkey” ranked second in terms of Egyptian glass importing countries with a value of $ 27.987 million, followed by “The Netherlands” with a value of $ 13.51 million, and “Italy” with a value of $ 13.35. Came in fourth place with. One million.

Egyptian glass exports to “Spain” amounted to approximately $ 10.609 million, while “Sudan” was ranked sixth with approximately $ 10.377 million, followed by “Morocco” with a value of $ 8.256 million, followed by “Algeria”. The value of $ 7.779 million was found. Dollar, while exports to “Poland” reached about $ 5.645 million.

With regard to the export of the area distributed among the commodities, it stated that the total exports of glass fiber during the first eight months of the year “including glass wool and articles such as its yarn and textiles”, were approximately $ 122.5 million while exporting. . “Tools made of one-of-a-kind glass used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, interior decoration” hit $ 59.123 million.