Summary
- Share of its imports
- 9.3%
- Value imported
- $1.9billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 4th
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 48
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 23
- Dominated value
- $1.1billion
- Share of total imports
- 5.2%
Trend
Trend in shares
Egypt went from 1.2% to 9.3% of what Libya buys
Share (%)
- Egypt 9.3%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 53 | 1.2% | 18 |
| 1996 | 52 | 1.1% | 20 |
| 1997 | 70 | 1.4% | 17 |
| 1998 | 75 | 1.7% | 15 |
| 1999 | 42 | 1.1% | 18 |
| 2000 | 63 | 1.9% | 14 |
| 2001 | 46 | 1.2% | 16 |
| 2002 | 70 | 1.4% | 17 |
| 2003 | 113 | 2% | 13 |
| 2004 | 71 | 1% | 24 |
| 2005 | 150 | 1.9% | 15 |
| 2006 | 169 | 1.9% | 16 |
| 2007 | 498 | 5.4% | 6 |
| 2008 | 454 | 3.6% | 11 |
| 2009 | 612 | 3.9% | 9 |
| 2010 | 902 | 4.4% | 8 |
| 2011 | 552 | 7.9% | 5 |
| 2012 | 1,430 | 6.5% | 5 |
| 2013 | 1,257 | 5% | 4 |
| 2014 | 972 | 5.4% | 4 |
| 2015 | 551 | 4.3% | 6 |
| 2016 | 563 | 5.4% | 6 |
| 2017 | 424 | 4.4% | 6 |
| 2018 | 612 | 4.6% | 6 |
| 2019 | 842 | 5.5% | 5 |
| 2020 | 613 | 5% | 6 |
| 2021 | 959 | 5.6% | 6 |
| 2022 | 1,201 | 6.1% | 7 |
| 2023 | 1,799 | 7.8% | 5 |
| 2024 | 1,948 | 9.3% | 4 |
Products where Egypt sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worked stone | Egypt | 73.9% | Turkey · 16.9% | $201 million |
| Cement | Egypt | 70.5% | Tunisia · 23.6% | $150 million |
| Other fresh vegetables | Egypt | 99.7%over 75% | Tunisia · 0.19% | $69 million |
| Plastic packaging | Egypt | 56.9% | Turkey · 19.6% | $65 million |
| Electricity | Egypt | 100%over 75% | — | $64 million |
| Synthetic paints and varnishes | Egypt | 88.1%over 75% | Netherlands · 2.4% | $63 million |
| Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi) | Egypt | 83.5%over 75% | Tunisia · 15% | $53 million |
| Uninsulated aluminum cable | Egypt | 84.2%over 75% | Saudi Arabia · 8.7% | $48 million |
| Canned vegetables | Egypt | 73.9% | Turkey · 6% | $36 million |
| Steel bars | Egypt | 89.7%over 75% | Turkey · 4.4% | $34 million |
| Men's underwear and pajamas | Egypt | 89.8%over 75% | Turkey · 8.5% | $28 million |
| Aluminum cans, drums and containers | Egypt | 96.2%over 75% | Tunisia · 2.4% | $26 million |
| Fruit and vegetable juices | Egypt | 63.1% | Spain · 9.4% | $25 million |
| Other processed tobacco | Egypt | 79.8%over 75% | Turkey · 5.9% | $24 million |
| Water-based paints and varnishes | Egypt | 80.3%over 75% | Tunisia · 5.6% | $19 million |
| Breakfast cereals | Egypt | 60.8% | Turkey · 15% | $17 million |
| Pickled vegetables and fruit | Egypt | 93.3%over 75% | Turkey · 6.1% | $17 million |
| Fresh milk and cream | Egypt | 53.7% | Italy · 15.2% | $14 million |
| Garments of coated or nonwoven fabric | Egypt | 69.2% | China · 20.1% | $11 million |
| Float glass | Egypt | 89.8%over 75% | China · 6.9% | $10 million |
| Glass bottles and jars | Egypt | 62% | China · 33.9% | $9 million |
| Baby clothes (knitted) | Egypt | 54.7% | Turkey · 35.5% | $9 million |
| Sauces and condiments | Egypt | 53% | Spain · 10.8% | $8 million |
| Tugboats | Egypt | 81.6%over 75% | Turkey · 18.4% | $8 million |
| Uncoated paper | Egypt | 75.7%over 75% | Turkey · 14.3% | $8 million |
| Plasterboard and plaster articles | Egypt | 62.3% | Turkey · 30.9% | $8 million |
| Nitrogen fertilizers | Egypt | 83.2%over 75% | Italy · 10.8% | $7 million |
| Frozen fruit | Egypt | 92.7%over 75% | Serbia · 3.6% | $5 million |
| Packing sacks and bags | Egypt | 53.8% | China · 18.6% | $4 million |
| Dried fruit and nut mixes | Egypt | 85.2%over 75% | Turkey · 14.4% | $4 million |
and 18 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- Egypt sells 4.3% of what the world exports of worked stone; next come China (31.4%), Italy (13.7%) and Turkey (11.6%). The rest of the world exported 53.6 times what Libya buys from Egypt.
- Egypt sells 7.1% of what the world exports of cement; next come Turkey (9.6%), Vietnam (9.5%) and Germany (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 90 times what Libya buys from Egypt.
- Egypt sells 0.63% of what the world exports of other fresh vegetables; next come Mexico (21.2%), Spain (19%) and Netherlands (10.3%). The rest of the world exported 269.5 times what Libya buys from Egypt.
- Egypt sells 0.24% of what the world exports of plastic packaging; next come China (19.5%), United States (10.1%) and Germany (9.7%). The rest of the world exported 1,034.8 times what Libya buys from Egypt.
- Egypt sells 0.14% of what the world exports of electricity; next come France (14%), Germany (6.8%) and Switzerland (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 985.4 times what Libya buys from Egypt.
- Egypt sells 0.87% of what the world exports of synthetic paints and varnishes; next come Germany (16%), United States (10.1%) and Japan (8.2%). The rest of the world exported 260.4 times what Libya buys from Egypt.
- Egypt sells 1.2% of what the world exports of other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi); next come Thailand (15.4%), Vietnam (12%) and New Zealand (8.9%). The rest of the world exported 570.7 times what Libya buys from Egypt.
- Egypt sells 2.4% of what the world exports of uninsulated aluminum cable; next come India (24.4%), China (23.6%) and Bahrain (11.2%). The rest of the world exported 43.8 times what Libya buys from Egypt.
- Egypt sells 2.4% of what the world exports of canned vegetables; next come China (11.8%), Spain (11.5%) and Netherlands (6.9%). The rest of the world exported 388.5 times what Libya buys from Egypt.
- Egypt sells 3.4% of what the world exports of steel bars; next come Turkey (11.5%), China (10.8%) and Malaysia (10.3%). The rest of the world exported 513.8 times what Libya buys from Egypt.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Egypt
Libya is Egypt’s 6th-largest customer, with 3.6% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.