The Egyptians’ celebrations of Sham El-Nessim this year coincided with the month of Ramadan, which led to a difference in the usual manifestations of the celebration for each year, on top of which is eating fesikh and herring. Data of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics recorded Egypt’s imports of herring by the end of 2021.
And the Egyptian imports of herring, according to the data of the agency, which “Youm7” obtained a copy of, recorded about 96 million and 700 thousand dollars in the period from January to December 2021, while it was about 122 million and 680 thousand dollars during the same period of the year, a decline of about 25 million and 980 thousand dollars.
Statistics Authority data indicate that the Egyptian imports of herring, “smoked fish”, amounted to about 24 million and 797 thousand dollars last December, while it was 11 million and 815 thousand dollars in December 2020, an increase of 12 million and 982 thousand dollars, and in the month The value of its imports amounted to about 268 million 335 thousand pounds “17 million and 889 thousand dollars” last November, while it was about 229 million and 335 thousand pounds “15 million and 289 thousand dollars” in November 2020, an increase of about 39 million EGP “2 million and 600 thousand dollars”.
