18.7% increase in the value of trade exchange between Egypt and Sudan during 2022
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Data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics showed today, Tuesday, an increase in the value of trade exchange between Egypt and Sudan, to record $1.4 billion in 2022, compared to $1.2 billion in 2021, an increase of 18.7%.
The value of Egyptian exports to Sudan increased to reach $929.2 million in 2022 compared to $826.8 million in 2021, an increase of 12.4%. The value of Egyptian imports from Sudan reached $509.4 million in 2022, compared to $385.6 million in 2021, an increase of 32.1%.
Among the most important commodity groups that Egypt exported to Sudan during 2022
1. Fertilizers, worth $159.3 million.
2. Plastics and articles thereof, with a value of $123.8 million.
3. Mill products worth $75.5 million.
4. Salt and sulfur, worth $51.5 million.
5. Clothes worth $48.8 million.
Among the most important commodity groups that Egypt imported from Sudan during 2022
1. Live animals: $195.1 million.
2. Cotton, worth $139.2 million.
3. Oilseeds and fruits, with a value of $125.6 million.
4. Meat, worth $22.2 million.
5. Natural pearls and precious stones, worth $12.5 million.
The value of remittances from Egyptians working in Sudan amounted to $13.3 million during the fiscal year 2021/2022, compared to $12.9 million during the fiscal year 2020/2021, an increase of 2.7%, while the value of remittances from Sudanese working in Egypt amounted to $2.1 million during the fiscal year 2021/2022, compared to $2.1 million. million dollars during the fiscal year 2020/2021, an increase of 141.3%.
The population of Egypt recorded 105.4 million people in 2023, while the population of Sudan recorded 48.1 million people in 2023.
Conflict in Sudan
On the other hand, the Sudanese authorities said that the Sudanese army chief visited Egypt on Tuesday and held talks with its leader on his first trip abroad since the country plunged into bitter conflict this year.
The council said that Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the ruling Sovereign Council, arrived in the city of El Alamein on the Mediterranean Sea, and was received by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the airport.
An Egyptian statement stated that the two leaders discussed efforts to end the conflict in Sudan in a way that preserves “the sovereignty and integrity of the Sudanese state.” The statement made only generalizations about the war.
Sudan descended into chaos in mid-April when escalating tensions between the army, led by al-Burhan, and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, devolved into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere.
The conflict has turned the capital into an urban battlefield, with the RSF controlling large swathes of the city. The military command, where al-Burhan has allegedly been stationed since April, was one of the flashpoints of the conflict.
Al-Burhan accused, in televised statements to the Egyptian media, the Rapid Support Forces of starting the war to seize power in the country.
