** #5 Egypt’s non-oil exports rose 11% y-o-y in 9M2018 to USD 18.5 bn, up from USD 16.6 bn in the same period last year, data from the General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) showed. Imports have gone up 14% y-o-y in the same period, reaching USD 49.1 bn from USD 43.2 the previous year.