Egypt's passenger car imports fell to about $285.2 million in July
In short
Passenger car imports fell to about $285.2 million in July, down about 13.3% from a year earlier. Over the first 7 months they rose about 7.9% to about $1.99 billion.
Egypt's passenger car imports fell to about $285.2 million in July, according to data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. A year earlier the figure was $329 million. That is a drop of about 13.3%.
July compared with July last year
Imports fell in four categories:
- Car parts fell to $72.2 million from $92.8 million, down about 22.2%.
- Complete tractors fell to $66.4 million from $72 million, down 7.8%.
- Goods transport vehicles fell to about $34.8 million from $38.7 million, down 9.9%.
- Passenger cars fell to about $285.2 million from $329 million, down about 13.3%.
Two categories rose:
- Complete buses, microbuses and minibuses rose to about $11.6 million from $6.7 million, up about 72.2%.
The first 7 months of the year
That is an increase of about 7.9%.
The other categories for the period:
- Complete tractors rose to $411.9 million from $395.4 million, up about 4.2%.
- Goods transport vehicles rose to $251.9 million from $206.1 million, up about 22.2%.
- Vehicles for special uses rose to $104.5 million from $65.4 million, up about 59.8%.
- Complete buses, microbuses and minibuses rose to $38.7 million from $22.6 million, up about 71.6%.
- Car parts fell to about $530 million from $611.7 million, down about 13.4%.
