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The textile industry is one of the most important and oldest Egyptian industries and plays a vital role in the Egyptian economy. Egyptian textile and spinning exports increased by 6% in 2017, to record $832m compared to $783m in 2016, according to the Egyptian Textile Export Council.
This keeps pace with the announcement of Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil in January 2018, during the visit of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to Sadat City, that Egypt will establish the largest textile and garment city in Egypt on an area of 3.1m sqm in that city.
