Minister of commerce, Tarek Kabeel revealed Monday that volume of trade exchange between Egypt and Germany reached five billion euros in 2015, which is an increase compared to 4.4 billion euros in 2014, Al Bawaba News reported. This came on the sidelines of the Egyptian-German business forum in Cairo. Kabeel stressed that the Egyptian-German trade relations have witnessed remarkable growth in bilateral trade volume, during the recent period. The number of German companies operating in the Egyptian market reached 978 companies, according to the ministry of commerce.