CAIRO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Egypt's El Sewedy Electric

SWDY.CA , the Arab world's biggest listed cable maker, reported an 82-percent drop in second-quarter net profit on Monday.

Net income tumbled to 30.6 million Egyptian pounds ($5.01 million) from 169.5 million in the same quarter a year earlier, the company said, without giving a reason for the decline.

Analysts say political turmoil in Sewedy's main Middle East markets, especially Syria, has led to weaker demand that forced it to cut some production. ($1 = 6.1027 Egyptian pounds)

(Reporting by Ehab Farouk; Writing by Tom Pfeiffer)

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