TOKYO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco 2914.T said on Friday it will buy Egypt's Al Nakhla Tobacco Company, a maker of waterpipe tobacco, for an undisclosed sum.

Nakhla exports waterpipe tobacco to 85 countries, mainly in the Middle East and North Africa. It had sales of $110 million in 2011.

(Reporting by Shinichi Saoshiro and Mayumi Negishi; Editing by Michael Watson)

((shinichi.saoshiro@thomsonreuters.com))

Keywords: JAPAN TOBACCO/EGYPT