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Egypt’s trade deficit declines 20.5% in August 2020: CAPMAS
A CAPMAS report issued on Tuesday added that Egypt’s exports declined by 9.4% to $1.91bn during August 2020, versus $2.11bn for the same month of previous year.
Egyptian families optimistic about their post-COVID-19 income: CAPMAS
Dependence on aid decreased with easing of precautionaries to confront pandemic, survey shows
Egypt’s urban inflation rises to 3.8% in September: CAPMAS
Whole country’s CPI recorded 107.5 points for September
66.2% of salaried employees in Egypt have permanent jobs: CAPMAS
The international day marks the 2008 decision by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) to enhance the idea of decent work, to ensure that employees receive their main rights, especially regarding decent work and dignity.
Egypt sees 6.5% decrease in manufacturing, extractive index during July 2020
Primary data showed index (excluding crude oil and petroleum products) stood at 97.39 during July 2020
Egypt’s illiteracy rate decreased to 24.6% in July 2019: CAPMAS
The agency pointed out that the illiteracy rate among Egyptian females stood at 30.8%, or 10.6 million, compared to the 21.1%, or 7.8 million, reported among Egyptian males.
Egypt reports 8.6% decrease in trade deficit during June 2020: CAPMAS
Egypt sees trade deficit of $3.30bn in June 2020
Egypt builds of 281,000 housing units in 2018/2019: CAPMAS
The latest figures reflect a 13.8% decline in terms of unit construction and 11.5% decline in investments on the previous year, with 326,300 units built in 2017/2018 at an investment of EGP 106.9bn.
Egypt non-durable consumer goods imports plunge 19.7% in 5M 2020: CAPMAS
Imports of medicines and pharmaceuticals recorded a decrease of 12.7%
Egypt sees 36.2% decrease in May trade deficit: CAPMAS
The report, issued on Wednesday, noted that the country’s trade deficit stood at $2.59bn during May 2020, down the $4.05bn in May 2019
Egyptian exports to US increase 27.5% in 2019: CAPMAS
Egyptian exports to US equivalent to 7.2% of Egypt’s total exports in 2019
Egypt reports $2.36bn trade deficit in April: CAPMAS
Decline attributed to decreased value of some commodities, including fertilisers, petroleum products, and assorted edibles
73.5% of Egyptian families see declining income due to COVID-19: CAPMAS
Half of families involved in CAPMAS study resort to borrowing to manage daily life, 17% depend on aid, 5.4% get irregular workers’ grant
March sees 38.6% deficit in trade balance: CAPMAS
The March 2020 figures compare to the $4.38bn reported in the same month of the previous year, marking a decrease of 38.6%.
Egypt’s annual urban inflation falls to 4.7% in May: CAPMAS
CAPMAS explained that the consumer price index (CPI) totalled 107.7 points in May, registering an increase of 0.1% over April.
17.3% of Egyptians smoke: CAPMAS
Average annual spending on smoking for Egyptian family with one or more smokers is about EGP 5,798
Egypt’s computer ownership increases 12.73% in 2019: CAPMAS
General increase in technology use in 2019, due to wider access at home
Trade deficit down 51.4% in February: CAPMAS
Egypt’s exports rise by 3.3% to $2.69bn in same month
Egyptian newspapers not severely affected by digital journalism: CAPMAS
Egypt ranks 166th in 2020 World Press Freedom Index
Egypt tops list of patents granted in 2019
Total of 750 patents granted by Egyptian Patent Office in 2019
Egypt’s urban CPI inflation falls to 5.1% in March: CAPMAS
As for the annual inflation, it fell to 4.6% in March, compared to 4.9% in the preceding month, and 13.8% in March 2019.
Egypt’s annual urban headline inflation fall to 5.3%, annual core inflation decrease to 1.7% in February
Accordingly, the annual core inflation rate recorded 1.9% in February 2020, compared to 2.7% in January 2020.
CAPMAS releases annual bulletin of postal services statistics 2018/19
Value of postal accounts increase 21.2% in 2018/2019
Egypt’s trade deficit decreases 10.8% to $3.45bn in December 2019: CAPMAS
Exports of crude oil, ready-made clothes, plastics, fruits have increased, says report
Egypt’s annual urban headline inflation inches up to 7.2% in January: CAPMAS
The rise was supported by increase in prices of meat, poultry, and vegetables on monthly basis
Egypt’s trade deficit declines 32.2% YoY in October 2019: CAPMAS
The CAPMAS attributed the decrease in exports value to the decrease of some commodities, such as petroleum products by 31.1%, crude oil by 17.2 %, fertilisers by 20.1%, plastics by 4.1%.
Annual headline inflation rate hikes to 6.8% in December
However, the annual inflation rate during December 2019 decreased compared to December 2018, when it recorded 11.1% at the time
Egypt’s trade deficit narrows by 28.7% in September: CAPMAS
Unfortunately, Egypt’s export value decreased by 2.7% in September, amounting to $2.37 bn during September, down from $ 2.43 bn in September 2018, the CAPMAS added in its monthly bulletin of Foreign Trade Data.
11.5% hike in Egypt’s exports in 2018: CAPMAS
The CAPMAS added in its annual bulletin of foreign trade 2018 that the total value of exports of non-petroleum reached $24.6bn in 2018, up from $22.5bn in 2017, an increase of 9.3%.
Student enrolment in higher education increase by 4% during 2018/2019: CAPMAS
CAPMAS also stated that the rate of enrollment in university education in the Arab region is 32.52% for males, 33.51% for females, compared to 31.65% for males, and 32.32% for females in Egypt.