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Trade between Egypt and Germany

In 2024, Egypt exported $1.6 billion to Germany and imported $4.1 billion. Egypt ran a deficit of $2.4 billion with Germany, compared with a deficit of $2.5 billion in 2019. Germany was Egypt’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Egypt was Germany’s 54th (0.2%).

Summary

Egypt → Germany
$1.6billion
Germany → Egypt
$4.1billion
Egypt’s balance
-$2.4billion

Balance

Egypt’s trade balance with Germany

Trade between Egypt and Germany grew 3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.6
  • Imports 4.1
  • Balance -2.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$419 million$1.5 billion-$1.1 billion
1996$290 million$1.5 billion-$1.3 billion
1997$367 million$1.8 billion-$1.5 billion
1998$284 million$1.9 billion-$1.6 billion
1999$249 million$1.8 billion-$1.5 billion
2000$257 million$1.5 billion-$1.2 billion
2001$279 million$1.3 billion-$997 million
2002$271 million$1.2 billion-$912 million
2003$434 million$1.3 billion-$894 million
2004$613 million$1.5 billion-$875 million
2005$841 million$1.7 billion-$810 million
2006$1 billion$1.9 billion-$911 million
2007$1.1 billion$2.6 billion-$1.6 billion
2008$1.8 billion$3.7 billion-$1.9 billion
2009$1.2 billion$3.8 billion-$2.6 billion
2010$1.4 billion$4.2 billion-$2.8 billion
2011$2.5 billion$3.7 billion-$1.2 billion
2012$1.9 billion$3.8 billion-$2 billion
2013$2 billion$3.8 billion-$1.7 billion
2014$2.1 billion$4.3 billion-$2.2 billion
2015$2 billion$4.3 billion-$2.4 billion
2016$1.3 billion$5.1 billion-$3.8 billion
2017$1.6 billion$4.2 billion-$2.6 billion
2018$1.6 billion$4 billion-$2.4 billion
2019$1.7 billion$4.2 billion-$2.5 billion
2020$1.2 billion$3.9 billion-$2.7 billion
2021$1.3 billion$4.1 billion-$2.8 billion
2022$1.5 billion$4.1 billion-$2.6 billion
2023$1.6 billion$4.8 billion-$3.2 billion
2024$1.6 billion$4.1 billion-$2.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Egypt sells to Germany

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

  1. Crude petroleum$303 million · 18.5%
    513 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  2. Cables and wire$129 million · 7.9%
    12 thousand tonnes · Egypt’s destinations
  3. Men's suits and trousers$95 million · 5.8%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Petroleum jelly and paraffin wax$90 million · 5.5%
    62 thousand tonnes
  5. Frozen fruit$53 million · 3.2%
    22 thousand tonnes
  6. Grapes$52 million · 3.2%
    19 thousand tonnes
  7. Women's suits and dresses$52 million · 3.2%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Sweaters and pullovers$44 million · 2.7%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Potatoes$43 million · 2.6%
    80 thousand tonnes
  10. Fiberglass and glass wool$42 million · 2.6%
    46 thousand tonnes

What Germany sells to Egypt

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

  1. Cars$607 million · 14.9%
    28 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$317 million · 7.8%
    4 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Flight simulators and aircraft launch gear$188 million · 4.6%
  4. Tractors$156 million · 3.8%
    15 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Centrifuges and filters$116 million · 2.9%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. Other industrial machines$96 million · 2.4%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Medical and dental instruments$64 million · 1.6%
    732 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. Halogenated hydrocarbons$63 million · 1.6%
    206 thousand tonnes
  9. Other processed tobacco$52 million · 1.3%
    3 thousand tonnes
  10. Other plastic articles$51 million · 1.3%
    2 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Alexandria to Hamburg.

The estimated sea route between Alexandria and Hamburg is 3,610 nautical miles (6,685 km) long: ≈ 8.5–10.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar and Strait of Dover.

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$4.7 billion · 81.7%
  2. Air$1 billion · 18.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

Germany was Egypt’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Egypt was Germany’s 54th (0.2%).

Germany in Egypt’s trade
3.7%
Germany’s rank among Egypt’s partners
8th
Egypt in Germany’s trade
0.2%
Egypt’s rank among Germany’s partners
54th

Compare with

Other partners of Egypt

Other partners of Germany

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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.