CAIRO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Egypt expects its growth domestic product growth to reach 4.6 percent to 4.8 percent in the 2017-18 fiscal year, Finance Minister Amr El-Garhy said in a televised interview late on Tuesday.

Egypt's fiscal year begins in July and ends in June. GDP growth stood at 4.1 percent for the 2016-17 fiscal year, a presidency statement said earlier.

(Reporting by Mostafa Hashem, editing by G Crosse) ((Ellen.Francis@thomsonreuters.com))