Egypt | Imports and Exports | World | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, “dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
The value of exports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" from Egypt totalled $ 320 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 34 from Egypt went up by 9.14% compared to 2022: exports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" went up by $ 26 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 34 from Egypt amounted $293 million in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" amounted to 0.762% of total exports from Egypt (cumulative merchandise exports from Egypt totalled $ 42 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 34 in total exports from Egypt increased by 0.152 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.61% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Egypt were equal to $ 48 billion).
Where does Egypt export Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster?
Top export destinations of "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" from Egypt in 2023:
- Sudan with a share of 15.4% (49 million US$)
- Libya with a share of 10.6% (34 million US$)
- Saudi Arabia with a share of 8.52% (27 million US$)
- Tunisia with a share of 5.73% (18.4 million US$)
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 5.7% (18.2 million US$)
- Turkey with a share of 5.6% (17.9 million US$)
- Kenya with a share of 5.4% (17.3 million US$)
- Lebanon with a share of 4.14% (13.3 million US$)
- Morocco with a share of 4.08% (13.1 million US$)
- Kuwait with a share of 2.73% (8.76 million US$)
Exports structure of 34 - Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster - from Egypt in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 76% (245 million US$): 3402 - Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 34.01. (Cleaning Products)
- 21% (70 million US$): 3401 - Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent
- 0.574% (1.84 million US$): 3405 - Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04
- 0.503% (1.61 million US$): 3403 - Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- 0.372% (1.19 million US$): 3404 - Artificial waxes and prepared waxes
- 0% (1.47 thousand US$): 3406 - Candles, tapers and the like
- 0% (440 US$): 3407 - Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known as dental wax or as dental impression compounds, put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate).
The value of imports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" to Egypt totalled $ 247 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 34 to Egypt went up by 26% compared to 2022: imports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" went up by $ 52 million (the value of imports of commodity group 34 to Egypt was equal to $195 million in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" accounted for 0.298% of total import flow to Egypt (in 2023, total imports to Egypt amounted to $ 83 billion). The share of commodity group 34 in total imports to Egypt increased by 0.052 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.245% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Egypt were equal to $ 79 billion).
Where does Egypt import Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster from?
Top trading partners (import of "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster") of Egypt in 2023:
- Germany with a share of 14.3% (35 million US$)
- China with a share of 12.5% (31 million US$)
- Malaysia with a share of 9.73% (24 million US$)
- France with a share of 7.35% (18.2 million US$)
- Italy with a share of 7.06% (17.5 million US$)
- USA with a share of 5.95% (14.7 million US$)
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 5.26% (13 million US$)
- India with a share of 4.11% (10.2 million US$)
- Turkey with a share of 4.1% (10.1 million US$)
- Spain with a share of 3.74% (9.29 million US$)
Imports structure of 34 - Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster - to Egypt in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 52% (129 million US$): 3402 - Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 34.01. (Cleaning Products)
- 22% (56 million US$): 3403 - Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- 14.2% (35 million US$): 3401 - Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent
- 6.62% (16.4 million US$): 3404 - Artificial waxes and prepared waxes
- 1.93% (4.79 million US$): 3405 - Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04
- 1.1% (2.74 million US$): 3406 - Candles, tapers and the like
- 1.04% (2.59 million US$): 3407 - Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known as dental wax or as dental impression compounds, put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate).
