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Trade between Egypt and Morocco

In 2024, Egypt exported $1.4 billion to Morocco and imported $88 million. Egypt ran a surplus of $1.3 billion with Morocco, compared with a surplus of $565 million in 2019. Morocco was Egypt’s 24th largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Egypt was Morocco’s 20th (0.9%).

Summary

Egypt → Morocco
$1.4billion
Morocco → Egypt
$88million
Egypt’s balance
$1.3billion

Balance

Egypt’s trade balance with Morocco

Trade between Egypt and Morocco grew 31.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.4
  • Imports 0.1
  • Balance +1.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$40 million$6 million$34 million
1996$17 million$8 million$9 million
1997$18 million$17 million$709 thousand
1998$25 million$13 million$12 million
1999$27 million$15 million$12 million
2000$62 million$15 million$47 million
2001$63 million$33 million$30 million
2002$72 million$22 million$51 million
2003$148 million$27 million$121 million
2004$113 million$23 million$90 million
2005$199 million$25 million$174 million
2006$247 million$40 million$206 million
2007$379 million$41 million$338 million
2008$525 million$53 million$472 million
2009$449 million$113 million$336 million
2010$502 million$119 million$383 million
2011$587 million$86 million$501 million
2012$539 million$134 million$406 million
2013$568 million$146 million$422 million
2014$611 million$139 million$472 million
2015$423 million$324 million$98 million
2016$438 million$406 million$32 million
2017$483 million$103 million$381 million
2018$615 million$98 million$517 million
2019$702 million$136 million$565 million
2020$612 million$144 million$468 million
2021$865 million$248 million$617 million
2022$1.1 billion$64 million$986 million
2023$956 million$43 million$913 million
2024$1.4 billion$88 million$1.3 billion

What they sell each other

What Egypt sells to Morocco

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

  1. Soybean oil$97 million · 7.1%
    109 thousand tonnes
  2. Aluminum wire$62 million · 4.6%
    18 thousand tonnes
  3. Monitors and projectors$56 million · 4.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Steel wire rod$50 million · 3.7%
    74 thousand tonnes
  5. 41 thousand tonnes
  6. PVC and other vinyl polymers$45 million · 3.3%
    51 thousand tonnes
  7. 37 thousand tonnes
  8. Refined petroleum$37 million · 2.7%
    49 thousand tonnes · Egypt’s destinations
  9. Ammonia$36 million · 2.7%
    64 thousand tonnes · Morocco’s sources
  10. Toilet paper and tissues$34 million · 2.5%
    11 thousand tonnes

What Morocco sells to Egypt

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

  1. 2 thousand tonnes
  2. Cars$13 million · 15.1%
    1 thousand tonnes · Morocco’s destinations
  3. Cables and wire$12 million · 13.9%
    3 thousand tonnes · Morocco’s destinations
  4. Hot-rolled flat steel$6 million · 6.6%
    9 thousand tonnes
  5. Other plastic articles$5 million · 6.2%
    966 tonnes
  6. Prepared fish and caviar$5 million · 5.4%
    1 thousand tonnes
  7. Ribbons and narrow fabrics$2 million · 2.4%
    125 tonnes
  8. Phosphoric acid$2 million · 2.3%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Women's suits and dresses$1 million · 1.6%
    28 tonnes
  10. Antibiotics$1 million · 1.5%

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Alexandria to Tangier.

The estimated sea route between Alexandria and Tangier is 1,933 nautical miles (3,581 km) long: ≈ 4.5–6 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$1.4 billion · 99.2%
  2. Air$12 million · 0.83%

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

How much each matters to the other

Morocco was Egypt’s 24th largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Egypt was Morocco’s 20th (0.9%).

Morocco in Egypt’s trade
0.9%
Morocco’s rank among Egypt’s partners
24th
Egypt in Morocco’s trade
0.9%
Egypt’s rank among Morocco’s partners
20th

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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.