Egypt's non-petroleum imports shaved off 16.2 percent in the first ten months of 2017 to stand at $46.1 billion against $55 billion in the corresponding period last year, the General Organization for Import and Export Control (GOEIC) said Sunday.

In a fresh report, the GOEIC said the import bill fell 8.8 percent to $4.755 billion in October from $ 5.212 billion in October 2016