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Effects of the Global Crisis on the Egyptian Textiles and Clothing Sector: A Blessing in Disguise?

Table 12

Public sector sample estimates excluding outlier for production, sales, and exports (2004–2009).


	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

Level (LE millions)*
Real production	128	144	123	107	83	63
Real sales	51	90	73	67	49	41
Real exports	21	20	17	14	10	9
Growth rate (%)
Real production		12%
Real sales		77%
Real exports

Source: Author’s calculations based on IDSC firm questionnaire data [6]. *Note: these figures are calculated using sampling weights for all 5 public sector firms excluding the outlier. Figures converted from nominal to real using CPI from World Development Indicators [15] and IMF Financial Statistics [16] .