Egypt | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2007 - 2018

Exports structure from Egypt in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 24% (7.24 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 6.11% (1.8 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 5.3% (1.56 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 4.94% (1.45 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 4.73% (1.39 billion US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
• 4.7% (1.38 billion US$): 31 - Fertilizers
• 3.62% (1.06 billion US$): 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
• 3.57% (1.05 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 3.09% (911 million US$): 07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
• 2.28% (674 million US$): 76 - Aluminum and articles thereof

What did Egypt export in 2018?

Egypt's Top Exports in 2018:

• 14.2% ($4.2 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 7.28% ($2.14 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 4.92% ($1.45 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 4.15% ($1.22 billion): 3102 - Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous
• 2.61% ($769 million): 0805 - Citrus fruit, fresh or dried.
• 2.29% ($676 million): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
• 2.01% ($594 million): 8544 - Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors
• 1.88% ($556 million): 8528 - Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus
• 1.74% ($515 million): 3901 - Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms
• 1.57% ($464 million): 7208 - Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated

Imports structure to Egypt in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 17.4% (14.3 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 8.34% (6.88 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 7.92% (6.53 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 5.82% (4.8 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 5.77% (4.75 billion US$): 10 - Cereals
• 5.43% (4.47 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 4.76% (3.92 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 4.02% (3.31 billion US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
• 2.81% (2.32 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 2.15% (1.78 billion US$): 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

What did Egypt import in 2018?

Egypt's Top Imports in 2018:

• 8.6% ($7.09 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 4.32% ($3.56 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 3.4% ($2.8 billion): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
• 3.28% ($2.71 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 2.93% ($2.42 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
• 2.63% ($2.17 billion): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 2.43% ($2 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 2.28% ($1.88 billion): 1005 - Maize (corn)
• 1.97% ($1.63 billion): 7207 - Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel
• 1.72% ($1.42 billion): 1201 - Soya beans, whether or not broken