Egypt

Goods Imports: CIF, by consignment Goods Exports: FOB, by last known destination Trade System: General
Overview:
In 2013, the value of merchandise exports of Egypt decreased slightly by 2.2 percent to reach 28.8 bln US$, while its merchandise imports
decreased slightly by 4.6 percent to reach 66.7 bln US$ (see graph 1, table 2 and table 3). The merchandise trade balance recorded a relatively
large deficit of 37.9 bln US$ (see graph 1). The largest merchandise trade balance was with MDG Developed Europe at -13.7 bln US$ (see
graph 4). Merchandise exports in Egypt were diversified amongst partners; imports were also diversified. The top 25 partners accounted for
80 percent or more of exports and 22 partners accounted for 80 percent or more of imports (see graph 5). In 2012, the value of exports of
services of Egypt increased substantially by 13.7 percent, reaching 21.8 bln US$, while its imports of services increased substantially by 16.9
percent and reached 16.5 bln US$ (see graph 2). There was a moderate trade in services surplus of 5.3 bln US$. See footnote*.

Graph 1: Total merchandise trade, by value Graph 2: Total services trade, by value
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Exports Profile: Graph 3: Exports of services by EBOPS category
"Mineral fuels, lubricants" (SITC section 3), "goods classified chiefly by (% share in 2012)
material" (SITC section 6) and "chemicals" (SITC section 5) were the
largest commodity groups for exports in 2013 representing respectively
26.1, 20.2 and 16.4 percent of exported goods (see table 2). From 2011
to 2013, the largest export commodity was "petroleum oils, other than
Travel ( 45.7 %)
crude" (HS code 2710) (see table 1). The top three destinations for
merchandise exports were Italy, India and Saudi Arabia, accounting for Transportation
respectively 8.6, 7.2 and 6.4 percent of total exports. "Travel" (EBOPS ( 40.7 %)
code 236) accounted for the largest share of exports of services in 2012
at 9.9 bln US$, followed by "Transportation" (EBOPS code 205) at 8.9 bln
US$ (see graph 3).
Remaining ( 13.6 %)

Table 1: Top 10 export commodities 2011 to 2013

HS Value (million US$) Unit value SITC
code 4-digit heading of Harmonized System 2007 2011 2012 2013 2011 2012 2013 Unit code
All Commodities............................................................................................................ 31 582.4 29 417.0 28 779.4
2710 Petroleum oils, other than crude................................................................................... 3 507.3 3 150.4 2 548.9 0.9 1.3 0.9 US$/kg 334
2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude............................. 3 014.0 3 022.6 3 059.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 US$/kg 333
2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...................................................... 2 030.2 2 179.9 1 559.7 0.4 0.4 US$/kg 343
7108 Gold (including gold plated with platinum)................................................................... 1 715.2 1 318.7 901.1 4.3 45.2 43.5 thsd US$/kg 971
3102 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous................................................................. 1 354.5 1 184.9 1 077.1 0.3 0.4 US$/kg 562
8544 Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable............................................. 920.9 880.2 895.9 8.0 8.6 US$/kg 773
0805 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried.............................................................................................. 568.3 489.9 533.3 0.5 0.8 0.4 US$/kg 057
0406 Cheese and curd............................................................................................................ 481.7 361.5 374.9 2.7 4.8 3.8 US$/kg 024
7409 Copper plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.15 mm............................ 516.7 443.4 218.1 7.9 7.1 US$/kg 682
7208 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel............................................................... 511.3 324.4 340.5 0.7 0.8 0.4 US$/kg 673
*Special trade system up to 2007.

Source: UN Comtrade and UN ServiceTrade

 Egypt
Services Imports and Exports: EBOPS 2002 categories

Table 2: Merchandise exports by SITC Table 3: Merchandise imports by SITC SITC Legend
(Value in million US$, growth and shares in percentage) (Value in million US$, growth and shares in percentage)
Avg. Growth rates 2013 Avg. Growth rates 2013 SITC
SITC 2013 2009-2013 2012-2013 share SITC 2013 2009-2013 2012-2013 share Code Description
Total 28 779.4 4.4 -2.2 100.0 Total 66 666.4 10.4 -4.6 100.0 Total All commodities
0+1 4 242.7 2.9 15.3 14.7 0+1 8 886.0 9.9 -30.4 13.3 0+1 Food, animals + beverages, tobacco
2+4 1 507.2 -1.7 -8.3 5.2 2+4 6 671.6 12.1 -1.5 10.0 2+4 Crude materials + anim. & veg. oils
3 7 507.0 2.2 -15.3 26.1 3 9 290.1 20.1 -28.9 13.9 3 Mineral fuels, lubricants
5 4 721.2 10.5 5.8 16.4 5 8 995.9 13.4 4.9 13.5 5 Chemicals
6 5 813.5 5.9 1.7 20.2 6 12 770.1 4.3 -3.0 19.2 6 Goods classified chiefly by material
7 1 571.7 10.9 4.9 5.5 7 13 944.8 3.9 5.4 20.9 7 Machinery and transport equipment
8 2 317.7 2.2 5.9 8.1 8 2 469.5 6.9 11.6 3.7 8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles
9 1 098.6 3.5 -19.1 3.8 9 3 638.3 259.1 3619.9 5.5 9 Not classified elsewhere in the SITC

Graph 4: Merchandise trade balance Graph 5: Partner concentration of merchandise trade

(Bln US$ by MDG Regions in 2013) (Cumulative share by ranked partners in 2013)
Imports Exports Trade balance
Imports Exports
Developed Asia−Pacific (Herfindahl Index = 0.043) (Herfindahl Index = 0.038)
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Developed N. America
South−eastern Europe 5 th 5 th
CIS
Northern Africa 10 th 10 th
Sub−Saharan Africa
Latin Am, Caribbean 15 th 15 th
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
South−eastern Asia 20 th 20 th
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Oceania 25 th 25 th
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Graph 6: Imports of services by EBOPS category Imports Profile:
(% share in 2012) "Machinery and transport equipment" (SITC section 7), "goods classified
chiefly by material" (SITC section 6) and "mineral fuels, lubricants" (SITC
section 3) were the largest commodity groups for imports in 2013
Travel ( 15.9 %) representing respectively 20.9, 19.2 and 13.9 percent of imported goods
Transportation (see table 3). From 2011 to 2013, the largest import commodity was
( 45.9 %) "petroleum oils, other than crude" (HS code 2710) (see table 4). The top
three partners for merchandise imports were China, the United States and
Other business Germany, accounting for respectively 9.7, 8.5 and 7.0 percent of total
( 15.8 %) imports. "Transportation" (EBOPS code 205) accounted for the largest share
of imports of services in 2012 at 7.6 bln US$, followed by "Travel" (EBOPS
code 236) at 2.6 bln US$ and "Other business services" (EBOPS code 268)
Insurance ( 9.8 %) at 2.6 bln US$ (see graph 6).
Remaining ( 7.1 %)
Gov. services,
n.i.e. ( 5.4 %)

Table 4: Top 10 import commodities 2011 to 2013

HS Value (million US$) Unit value SITC
code 4-digit heading of Harmonized System 2007 2011 2012 2013 2011 2012 2013 Unit code
All Commodities............................................................................................................ 62 282.0 69 865.6 66 666.4
2710 Petroleum oils, other than crude................................................................................... 5 119.3 7 718.7 5 527.0 0.8 1.1 0.9 US$/kg 334
1001 Wheat and meslin......................................................................................................... 3 199.2 3 196.9 721.7 0.3 0.4 5.9 US$/kg 041
2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude............................. 1 700.2 2 933.3 2 028.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 US$/kg 333
1005 Maize (corn)................................................................................................................... 2 179.9 1 958.5 1 985.0 0.3 0.1 US$/kg 044
2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...................................................... 2 055.6 2 230.9 1 573.5 0.8 0.9 US$/kg 343
7207 Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel......................................................... 1 140.5 1 625.0 1 527.6 0.5 0.0 US$/kg 672
3004 Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06).............................. 1 176.4 1 483.5 1 599.5 204.4 39.1 US$/kg 542
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport............... 1 177.3 1 427.8 1 266.2 12.4 17.6 16.0 thsd US$/unit 781
8517 Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy............................................ 1 236.2 1 286.1 1 278.9 764
7326 Other articles of iron or steel........................................................................................ 1 158.1 1 109.4 1 135.0 0.8 12.1 US$/kg 699

Source: UN Comtrade and UN ServiceTrade