Egypt’s remittances climb to $28.9 bln during first 11 months of 2021

Doaa A.Moneim , Thursday 24 Feb 2022

Egyptian expats' remittances rose by 6.6 percent ($1.8 billion) from January to November 2021 to post $28.9 billion, compared to the corresponding period in 2020, Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced on Thursday.

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On the other hand, the bank’s preliminary data shows that remittances declined in November 2021 by 3.9 percent year-on-year (Y-O-Y) to $2.5 billion, down from $2.6 billion reached in November 2020, according to CBE’s sub-governor Adel Abdel Azim.

Otherwise, remittances rose month-on-month (M-O-M) in November 2021 by 8.7 percent compared to October, according to Abdel Azim.

Remittances jumped to an unprecedented rate of 13.2 percent in FY2020/2021 to reach $31.4 billion, up from $27.8 billion recorded in FY 2019/2020, according to CBE

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