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Where does Egypt get its steel? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Egypt imported $3.6 billion of steel (3.6 million tonnes), 1% of the world total. Its main sources were China (29%), Russia (25%) and Turkey (11%). Egypt was the world’s 29th-largest importer of steel.

Summary

Value
$3.6billion
Tonnes
3.6million tonnes
Share of world total
1%
World rank
29th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.1Tonnes: 1,238,701USD per tonne: $83229.3%Sea
Russia0.92Tonnes: 590,734USD per tonne: $74425.4%Sea
Turkey0.4Tonnes: 505,583USD per tonne: $79711.1%Sea
Ukraine0.26Tonnes: 364,484USD per tonne: $4647.2%Sea
Indonesia0.21Tonnes: 206,808USD per tonne: $5205.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.08Tonnes: 91,778USD per tonne: $9082.3%Sea
Italy0.08Tonnes: 79,156USD per tonne: $9892.2%Sea
South Korea0.07Tonnes: 56,279USD per tonne: $1,3162.1%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.07Tonnes: 53,437USD per tonne: $9291.9%Sea
Bahrain0.06Tonnes: 75,548USD per tonne: $7121.7%Sea
Oman0.05Tonnes: 18,898USD per tonne: $6771.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.05Tonnes: 47,801USD per tonne: $1,0881.4%Sea
France0.05Tonnes: 87,064USD per tonne: $5961.4%Sea
Spain0.03Tonnes: 35,482USD per tonne: $9470.93%Sea
Germany0.03Tonnes: 23,177USD per tonne: $1,2370.79%Sea
India0.03Tonnes: 12,657USD per tonne: $2,2200.79%Sea
Taiwan0.02Tonnes: 23,810USD per tonne: $8980.59%Sea
Japan0.02Tonnes: 36,086USD per tonne: $4820.48%Sea
Libya0.02Tonnes: 6,102USD per tonne: $8120.44%Land
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 11,351USD per tonne: $1,1680.37%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2023

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • China 1.1
  • Russia 0.92
  • Turkey 0.4
  • Ukraine 0.26
  • Indonesia 0.21

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.011.1
Russia0.130.92
Turkey0.020.4
Ukraine0.080.26
Indonesia< 0.010.21

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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