The Building Materials Export Council announced that the sectors' total exports under the umbrella of the Export Council for Building Materials, Refractories, Metal Industries, and Construction and Building recorded from January to May 2023, 3.234 billion dollars, compared to 2022, with 3.183 billion dollars, an increase of 2%.
The Export Council indicated that pipe exports amounted to 7 million dollars in the first five months of 2023, compared to 4 million dollars, an increase of 65%, while iron and steel exports recorded 943 million dollars, compared to 647 million dollars, an increase of 46%.
Copper exports also increased to 252 million dollars compared to 188 million dollars, an increase of 34%, while Egypt's cement exports recorded 386 million dollars, compared to 286 million dollars, an increase of 33%.