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Where does Egypt get its wheat? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Egypt imported $5.2 billion of wheat (3.4 million tonnes), 9.1% of the world total. Russia sold 59% of the total, followed by Ukraine (18%) and Romania (9%). Egypt was the world’s largest importer of wheat.

Summary

Value
$5.2billion
Tonnes
3.4million tonnes
Share of world total
9.1%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 15 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Russia3.1Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $27859.1%Sea
Ukraine0.95Tonnes: 1,913,130USD per tonne: $18818.5%Sea
Romania0.48Tonnes: 769,439USD per tonne: $2909.4%Sea
Bulgaria0.27Tonnes: 398,072USD per tonne: $2785.2%Sea
France0.22Tonnes: 179,651USD per tonne: $2674.3%Sea
United States0.08Tonnes: 46,927USD per tonne: $1701.6%Sea
Australia0.06Tonnes: 8,412USD per tonne: $1331.1%Sea
Moldova0.03Tonnes: 48,971USD per tonne: $1970.52%Sea
Canada0.01Tonnes: 41,926USD per tonne: $3060.25%Sea
Serbia< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.08%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 8,366USD per tonne: $2500.04%Sea
Poland< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.01%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $4,3150%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2610%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Russia has been its main source since 2004

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

  • Russia 3.1
  • Ukraine 0.95
  • Romania 0.48
  • Bulgaria 0.27
  • France 0.22

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Russia03.1
Ukraine00.95
Romania00.48
Bulgaria< 0.010.27
France0.110.22

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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