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Export Market

Egypt

ISO: EG / EGY

Country Profile

Capital Cairo
Population 107.3M
GDP $389.1B (2024)
GDP per Capita $3,338
Income Level Lower-Middle Income
Currency Egyptian pound (EGP £)
Language Arabic
Timezone UTC+02:00
Region Africa · Northern Africa

Trade Partners

Egypt Exports To

  • Saudi Arabia 10.0%
  • Turkey 9.0%
  • Italy 6.0%
  • USA 5.0%
  • UAE 5.0%

Key exports: refined petroleum, natural gas, fertilizers, garments, crude petroleum (2023)

Egypt Imports From

  • China 16.0%
  • Saudi Arabia 6.0%
  • Russia 6.0%
  • USA 6.0%
  • Germany 5.0%

Key imports: refined petroleum, wheat, plastics, natural gas, packaged medicine (2023)

Economic Overview

Africa’s second-largest economy; 2030 Vision to diversify markets and energy infrastructure; improving fiscal, external, and current accounts; underperforming private sector; poor labor force participation; expanded credit access

Government: presidential republic

UK Trade Status

FTA in Force

The UK has a free trade agreement with Egypt, providing preferential market access for UK exporters.

Geographic Region

Africa

Trading Bloc Memberships

Egypt is a member of the following trade agreements and economic blocs.

AfCFTA African Continental Free Trade Area Free Trade Area COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Free Trade Area UK Agreement

Export Guidance

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Also in This Region

🇩🇿 Algeria 🇧🇼 Botswana FTA 🇨🇲 Cameroon FTA 🇸🇿 Eswatini FTA 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇭 Ghana FTA 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast FTA 🇰🇪 Kenya FTA

Official Resources

Government export support for Egypt.

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