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Trade between Egypt and Israel

In 2024, Egypt exported $341 million to Israel and imported $2.9 billion. Egypt ran a deficit of $2.6 billion with Israel, compared with a deficit of $4 million in 2019. Israel was Egypt’s 14th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Egypt was Israel’s 13th (2%).

Summary

Egypt → Israel
$341million
Israel → Egypt
$2.9billion
Egypt’s balance
-$2.6billion

Balance

Egypt’s trade balance with Israel

Trade between Egypt and Israel grew 13.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 0.3
  • Imports 2.9
  • Balance -2.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$212 million$37 million$174 million
1996$359 million$61 million$298 million
1997$289 million$76 million$213 million
1998$113 million$52 million$62 million
1999$138 million$57 million$82 million
2000$184 million$64 million$120 million
2001$199 million$53 million$146 million
2002$50 million$28 million$22 million
2003$24 million$24 million-$413 thousand
2004$30 million$28 million$3 million
2005$54 million$69 million-$14 million
2006$81 million$74 million$7 million
2007$100 million$68 million$32 million
2008$147 million$120 million$27 million
2009$302 million$112 million$190 million
2010$376 million$141 million$235 million
2011$197 million$133 million$64 million
2012$79 million$206 million-$127 million
2013$72 million$142 million-$70 million
2014$79 million$106 million-$27 million
2015$76 million$113 million-$36 million
2016$75 million$86 million-$11 million
2017$82 million$95 million-$12 million
2018$588 million$119 million$469 million
2019$118 million$122 million-$4 million
2020$96 million$86 million$10 million
2021$157 million$110 million$47 million
2022$246 million$2 billion-$1.7 billion
2023$382 million$2.5 billion-$2.1 billion
2024$341 million$2.9 billion-$2.6 billion

What they sell each other

What Egypt sells to Israel

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

  1. Cement$61 million · 17.7%
    634 thousand tonnes
  2. Monitors and projectors$50 million · 14.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  3. Ammonia$44 million · 12.9%
    165 thousand tonnes
  4. Worked stone$17 million · 5.1%
    16 thousand tonnes
  5. Canned vegetables$17 million · 5%
    6 thousand tonnes
  6. 10 thousand tonnes
  7. Plain frozen vegetables$9 million · 2.8%
    6 thousand tonnes
  8. Float glass$6 million · 1.8%
    10 thousand tonnes
  9. Wood charcoal$6 million · 1.8%
    8 thousand tonnes
  10. Fruit and vegetable juices$6 million · 1.7%
    2 thousand tonnes

What Israel sells to Egypt

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$2.8 billion · 96%
    5.4 million tonnes
  2. Refined petroleum$31 million · 1%
    33 thousand tonnes · Israel’s destinations
  3. Other knitted fabric$29 million · 0.97%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Plastic-coated fabric$15 million · 0.51%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. Paper boxes and packaging$6 million · 0.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. 4 thousand tonnes
  7. Lubricant preparations$3 million · 0.11%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Silicones$2 million · 0.08%
    303 tonnes
  9. Other plastic articles$2 million · 0.07%
    93 tonnes
  10. 116 tonnes

How it travels

Egypt and Israel traded $3.3 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 94% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$187 million · 5.7%
  2. Land$3.1 billion · 94.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

Israel was Egypt’s 14th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Egypt was Israel’s 13th (2%).

Israel in Egypt’s trade
2.2%
Israel’s rank among Egypt’s partners
14th
Egypt in Israel’s trade
2.1%
Egypt’s rank among Israel’s partners
13th

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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.