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Trade between Brazil and Egypt

In 2024, Brazil exported $4.1 billion to Egypt and imported $863 million. Brazil ran a surplus of $3.2 billion with Egypt, compared with a surplus of $1.7 billion in 2019. Egypt was Brazil’s 30th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Brazil was Egypt’s 9th (3%).

Summary

Brazil → Egypt
$4.1billion
Egypt → Brazil
$863million
Brazil’s balance
$3.2billion

Balance

Brazil’s trade balance with Egypt

Trade between Brazil and Egypt grew 13-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Brazil’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 4.1
  • Imports 0.9
  • Balance +3.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$359 million$20 million$340 million
1996$276 million$16 million$260 million
1997$298 million$50 million$247 million
1998$406 million$12 million$395 million
1999$365 million$19 million$346 million
2000$275 million$39 million$236 million
2001$477 million$53 million$424 million
2002$522 million$29 million$493 million
2003$558 million$40 million$517 million
2004$664 million$39 million$625 million
2005$964 million$36 million$928 million
2006$1.4 billion$42 million$1.4 billion
2007$1.4 billion$63 million$1.3 billion
2008$1.5 billion$243 million$1.3 billion
2009$1.6 billion$101 million$1.5 billion
2010$2 billion$211 million$1.8 billion
2011$2.7 billion$475 million$2.2 billion
2012$2.8 billion$326 million$2.5 billion
2013$2.3 billion$337 million$2 billion
2014$2.4 billion$227 million$2.2 billion
2015$2.3 billion$152 million$2.2 billion
2016$2 billion$129 million$1.8 billion
2017$2.8 billion$183 million$2.6 billion
2018$2.6 billion$313 million$2.3 billion
2019$2.2 billion$435 million$1.7 billion
2020$1.9 billion$309 million$1.6 billion
2021$2.1 billion$865 million$1.3 billion
2022$3.2 billion$828 million$2.3 billion
2023$2.6 billion$485 million$2.1 billion
2024$4.1 billion$863 million$3.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Brazil sells to Egypt

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Corn$1.1 billion · 26.4%
    5.4 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  2. Cane and beet sugar$920 million · 22.5%
    955 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  3. Iron ore$585 million · 14.3%
    4.6 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  4. Soybeans$303 million · 7.4%
    673 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  5. Frozen beef$276 million · 6.8%
    66 thousand tonnes
  6. Raw tobacco$200 million · 4.9%
    31 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  7. Live cattle$114 million · 2.8%
    52 thousand tonnes
  8. Poultry meat$70 million · 1.7%
    41 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  9. Semi-chemical wood pulp$64 million · 1.6%
    107 thousand tonnes
  10. Raw cotton$54 million · 1.3%
    31 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations

What Egypt sells to Brazil

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Phosphate fertilizers$193 million · 22.4%
    516 thousand tonnes
  2. Steel bars$77 million · 8.9%
    138 thousand tonnes
  3. Nitrogen fertilizers$63 million · 7.3%
    162 thousand tonnes
  4. PVC and other vinyl polymers$61 million · 7.1%
    72 thousand tonnes
  5. 22 thousand tonnes
  6. 42 thousand tonnes
  7. Steel wire rod$28 million · 3.2%
    41 thousand tonnes
  8. Frozen vegetables$28 million · 3.2%
    28 thousand tonnes
  9. Frozen fruit$27 million · 3.1%
    11 thousand tonnes
  10. Citrus fruit$27 million · 3.1%
    35 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Santos to Alexandria.

The estimated sea route between Santos and Alexandria is 6,406 nautical miles (11,865 km) long: ≈ 15–19 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$4.9 billion · 99.3%
  2. Air$36 million · 0.72%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Egypt was Brazil’s 30th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Brazil was Egypt’s 9th (3%).

Egypt in Brazil’s trade
0.8%
Egypt’s rank among Brazil’s partners
30th
Brazil in Egypt’s trade
3.2%
Brazil’s rank among Egypt’s partners
9th

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.