Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Egypt
Egypt
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
361 847 3 080 -3.1 620 20.1
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
64 44 45 27
Imports
44 28 44 29
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 26 630 59 843 2020 0.15
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 0 1
2019 5 -2
2020 -8 -16 2020 0.34
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 19.3
Fuels and mining products: 31.6
Agricultural products: 22.9
Fuels and mining products: 20.1
Manufactures: 47.7
Other: 1.4
Manufactures: 56.9
Other: 0
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
European Union: 23.5 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of: 6.4 United States of America: 5.5
United Arab Emirates: 10.7 Turkey: 6.2 Other: 47.8
European Union: 26 United States of America: 6.7 Turkey: 4.9
China: 15 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of: 6.3 Other: 41.1
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS0805 HS0806 HS0701 HS0703 HS0406
2020 . 802 236 222 213 200
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried Grapes, fresh or dried Potatoes, fresh or chilled Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks Cheese and curd
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1001 HS1005 HS1201 HS0202 HS1511
2020
Wheat and meslin Maize (corn) Soya beans, whether or not broken Meat of bovine animals, frozen Palm oil and its fractions
2 694 1 881 1 600 1 237 732
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS0805
HS1001
HS0806
HS1005
HS0701
HS1201
HS0703
HS0202
HS0406
HS1511
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 5 334 13 380
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 0 3
2019 9 7
2020 -4 -16
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS7108 HS2710 HS2709 HS3102 HS8528
2020
Gold Petroleum oils, other than crude Petroleum oils, crude Nitrogenous fertilisers Reception apparatus for television
2 925 2 901 1 198 939 715
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2709 HS8703 HS3004 HS2710 HS2711
2020
Petroleum oils, crude Motor cars for transport of persons Medicaments in measured doses Petroleum oils, other than crude Petroleum gases
3 807 2 752 1 968 1 644 1 227
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
114
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS7108
HS2709
HS2710
HS8703
HS2709
HS3004
HS3102
HS2710
HS8528
HS2711
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 21 481 46 894
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 0 1
2019 3 -7
2020 -14 -25
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Egypt TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
14 376 17 127 2020 0.29
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
6 14
-41 -16
-5 3
2020 0.37
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 49.6 Other commercial services: 19.8
Travel: 30.6 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 46.9 Other commercial services: 38.4
By main destination
Travel: 14.6 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Egypt
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2020 7 132 8 033
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
2010-2020 -1 2
Value
Share (%)
634 720 5 778
8.9 10.1 81.0
Annual percentage change 2019 -4 5
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
2020 -16 -6
Value
Share (%)
7 352 541 140
91.5 6.7 1.7
Travel Egypt
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 4 398 2 509
2010-2020 -10 1
Annual percentage change 2019 12 32
2020 -66 -29
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Exports of OCS by main item (2020) ICTs 19.5 16.6 26.1
37.7
Other business services Construction
Million US$
Value
2020
Other commercial services Exports 2 847 Imports 6 585
Annual percentage change
-1 5
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
2010-2020
2010-2020
na na
na na
2019
2020
11 19
5 -21
2019
2020
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
1 027
Non-residents
1 156
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
2 183
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
17 887
Non-residents
8 226
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
26 113
Residents
1 720
Non-residents
278
Total
1 998
115