Imports in Egypt increased to 7532 USD Million in April from 7123 USD Million in March of 2025. This dataset provides - Egypt Imports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Egypt's total Imports in 2024 were valued at US$94.70 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Egypt's main import partners were: China, Saudi Arabia and the United States. The top three import commodities were: Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products; Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers and Cereals. Total Exports were valued at US$44.85 Billion. In 2024, Egypt had a trade deficit of US$49.85 Billion.

The statistic shows the value of goods imported to Egypt from 2013 to 2024. In 2024, goods worth around ***** billion U.S. dollars were imported to Egypt.

Key information about Egypt Total Imports

• Egypt Total Imports recorded 8.1 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with a value of 7.3 USD bn in the previous month
• Egypt Total Imports data is updated monthly, available from Jul 1994 to Dec 2024, with an average number of 4.2 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 9.6 USD bn in Mar 2022 and a record low of 671.1 USD mn in Oct 2003

• In the latest reports, Egypt Total Imports grew 11.3 % YoY in Dec 2024
• Total Exports grew 9.6 % YoY, to 4.0 USD bn in Dec 2024
• Egypt Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 4.2 USD bn in Dec 2024

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Egypt Imports from China was US$15.55 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Egypt Imports from China - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2025.

Egypt Import Volume Index data was reported at 103.049 2015=100 in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 88.846 2015=100 for 2020. Egypt Import Volume Index data is updated yearly, averaging 53.559 2015=100 from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2021, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 105.690 2015=100 in 2019 and a record low of 25.531 2015=100 in 1980. Egypt Import Volume Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Egypt – Table EG.World Bank.WDI: Trade Index. Import volume indexes are derived from UNCTAD's volume index series and are the ratio of the import value indexes to the corresponding unit value indexes. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, international and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year’s trade values as weights. For economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the import volume indexes (lines 73) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics are used.;United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.;;

Egypt Imports from India was US$3.26 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Egypt Imports from India - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

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Egypt Import Value Index data was reported at 131.347 2015=100 in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 94.131 2015=100 for 2020. Egypt Import Value Index data is updated yearly, averaging 25.994 2015=100 from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2021, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 131.347 2015=100 in 2021 and a record low of 7.955 2015=100 in 1980. Egypt Import Value Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Egypt – Table EG.World Bank.WDI: Trade Index. Import value indexes are the current value of imports (c.i.f.) converted to U.S. dollars and expressed as a percentage of the average for the base period (2015). UNCTAD's import value indexes are reported for most economies.;United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;;

The monthly import value in Egypt stood at roughly 6.28 billion U.S. dollars in November 2023, which illustrated a decline in the value of imports by approximately 9.85 percent from November 2022. In addition, the highest share of imports was that of non-petroleum products, with close to 87.62 percent of imports attributed to it. Furthermore, as of the same month, crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas covered 0.03, 10.67, and 1.67 percent of the total imports, respectively. With non-petroleum products dominating Egyptian imports, its importance towards the total can be noticed, as they both follow more or less the same trend. It can also be deduced that both exports and imports relatively follow the same trend, with both non-petroleum exports and imports accounting for the majority of the total exports and imports.

In 2022, Egypt imported 86.7 percent of its wheat from six countries. France was Egypt's leading wheat partner, with 27 percent of the grain's total imports. Ukraine followed with around 25 percent of the wheat imports. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has affected the inflow of one of the country's most important crops. For instance, Russia was the main exporter of wheat to Egypt before the war, however, the share of wheat from Russia dropped significantly in 2022. Notably, Egypt is among the largest wheat importers in the world.

Key information about Egypt Total Exports

• Egypt Total Exports recorded 4.0 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with 3.6 USD bn in the previous month
• Egypt Total Exports data is updated monthly, available from Jul 1994 to Dec 2024, with an averaged value of 1.8 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 5.7 USD bn in Mar 2022 and a record low of 204.2 USD mn in Sep 1998

• In the latest reports, Egypt Total Exports grew 9.6 % YoY in Dec 2024
• Total Imports recorded 8.1 USD bn in Dec 2024, which registered an increase of 11.3 % year on year
• Egypt Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 4.2 USD bn in Dec 2024

Key information about Egypt Total Imports Growth

• Egypt Total Imports grew 11.3 % YoY in Dec 2024, compared with an increase of 3.3 % YoY in the previous month
• Egypt Total Imports Growth data is updated monthly, available from Jul 1995 to Dec 2024, with an averaged rate of 5.1 %
• The data reached an all-time high of 145.3 % in Jul 2008 and a record low of -41.2 % in Oct 2003

• In the latest reports, Egypt Total Imports recorded 8.1 USD bn in Dec 2024
• Total Exports reached 4.0 USD bn in Dec 2024, which registered an increase of 9.6 % year on year
• Egypt Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 4.2 USD bn in Dec 2024

Key information about Egypt Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product

• Egypt Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product was reported at 777,772.111 USD th in Dec 2023
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,042,624.787 USD th for Dec 2022
• Egypt Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product data is updated yearly, averaging 411,816.626 USD th from Dec 1995 to 2023, with 29 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 1,257,220.920 USD th in 2021 and a record low of 86,065.100 USD th in 1995
• Egypt Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Sector – Table RT.UNCTAD.MPP: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product: Imports Value by Individual Economies and Territories

Key information about Egypt Imports: Television

• Egypt Imports: Television was reported at 37,776.937 USD th in Dec 2023
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 126,346.395 USD th for Dec 2022
• Egypt Imports: Television data is updated yearly, averaging 81,474.313 USD th from Dec 1995 to 2023, with 29 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 138,867.268 USD th in 2019 and a record low of 19,219.102 USD th in 2001
• Egypt Imports: Television data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Electronic Sector – Table RF.UNCTAD.TR: Television Receivers: Import Value

In 2022, Egypt imported 11.4 million metric tons of cereals, compared to 452,000 metric tons of horticulture. Oil seed was the country's second most imported agricultural product, with five million metric tons.

Key information about Egypt Crude Oil: Imports

• Egypt Crude Oil: Imports was reported at 59.250 Barrel/Day th in Dec 2023
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 117.750 Barrel/Day th for Dec 2022
• Egypt Crude Oil: Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 7.428 Barrel/Day th from Dec 1980 to 2023, with 44 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 221.000 Barrel/Day th in 2020 and a record low of 0.000 Barrel/Day th in 2003
• Egypt Crude Oil: Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Energy Sector – Table RB.OPEC.CO: Crude Oil Imports

In 2021, the net energy imports into Egypt amounted to 112.6 petajoules. This represented an increase from 101.85 petajoules the previous year. Moreover, Egypt has been a net energy importer since 2013 (except in 2019), compared to previously, when the net imports were negative. During the period under review, Egypt's energy imports were at their highest in 2016, with 404.1 petajoules.

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