This occurred at the First Conference of Food Industry Exporters' Opening, which was attended by Hassan El Khatib, Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment. Berzi continued, "From January 2024 to July 2024, the food industry recorded $3.7 billion in exports, a 23 percent increase over the same period in 2023." He mentioned that over the last ten years, Egypt's food industry has exported goods worth a total of $36 billion.