The agency is continuing to use the updated index methodology, using the base year 2012/2013 and the level of main industrial activity divisions according to the Manual on Industrial Activity (ISIC Rev.4). The methodology also took into account the monthly figure for producer prices based on 2012/2013 data.
Primary data showed index (excluding crude oil and petroleum products) stood at 97.39 during July 2020
Average annual spending on smoking for Egyptian family with one or more smokers is about EGP 5,798
Total of 750 patents granted by Egyptian Patent Office in 2019
The rise was supported by increase in prices of meat, poultry, and vegetables on monthly basis
Some experts suggest citizens cannot yet feel decline due to other services not included by CAPMAS
Egypt trade deficit reached $3.63bn in February 2019, versus $3.72bn in the same month of the previous year, a decrease of 2.7%.
Foreign investments in T-bills reached $7.5bn in 2016/17, compared to $19,000 in 2015/16
PM Sherif Ismail visited the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics’ (CAPMAS) headquarters to follow up on the progress of the general census of population, housing, and facilities for 2017. During the visit, Ismail inspected the operations room of CAPMAS and was briefed on the progress of data collection and the early stages of …
