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Egyptian exports within the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) agreement reached $191m during the first quarter (Q1) of 2017 of which 98% were in the sector of ready made clothes, said Ashraf El Rabie, head of the QIZ unit affiliated to the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

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The Egyptian Textile Industries Council and the China National Textile and Apparel Council signed a framework agreement last week to establish a 1.2 million square meter zone for textile industries in the Egyptian governorate of Minya.

The move represents an important step towards reinstating Egypt as a leading actor in the textile industry in the Middle East and North Africa, pointing to its wide-ranging expertise in textile production, said Tarek Kabil, Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry.