Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Qabil said there was a 7.6 percent increase in the Egyptian exports to Turkey in the first half of 2016. 

Egypt's exports reached 681.5 million dollars against 633.1 million dollars in the same period of 2015, Qabil announced in a latest report, issued by the Egyptian Commercial Office in Istanbul about the latest developments in trade exchange between Egypt and Turkey during the period between January-June 2016. 

Egypt's imports from Turkey have declined by 6.0 percent to hit 1.395 billion dollars from 1.485 billion dollars during the aforementioned period, added the Egyptian official.