Trade with Russia reaches USD 3.5 bn in 2016

Total trade between Egypt and Russia stood at USD 3.5 bn in 2016, Russian Trade Representative to Egypt Fedor Lukashin told Sputnik. Russia’s export grew by 10% while imports from Egypt decreased by 10%, he added, weighed down by a 46% drop in Egyptian vegetable exports. Russia had introduced temporary restrictions on the import of Egyptian agricultural produce in September 2016, but removed them a month later.