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Trade between Egypt and the Netherlands

In 2024, Egypt exported $995 million to the Netherlands and imported $1.5 billion. Egypt ran a deficit of $506 million with the Netherlands, compared with a deficit of $1.1 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was Egypt’s 17th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Egypt was the Netherlands’ 54th (0.2%).

Summary

Egypt → Netherlands
$995million
Netherlands → Egypt
$1.5billion
Egypt’s balance
-$506million

Balance

Egypt’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Egypt and the Netherlands grew 4.3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1
  • Imports 1.5
  • Balance -0.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$129 million$455 million-$326 million
1996$163 million$432 million-$269 million
1997$307 million$474 million-$167 million
1998$252 million$442 million-$191 million
1999$149 million$491 million-$343 million
2000$191 million$439 million-$248 million
2001$284 million$355 million-$71 million
2002$202 million$345 million-$143 million
2003$237 million$314 million-$77 million
2004$362 million$443 million-$81 million
2005$432 million$646 million-$215 million
2006$531 million$671 million-$140 million
2007$480 million$807 million-$327 million
2008$1 billion$1.1 billion-$68 million
2009$421 million$1.1 billion-$695 million
2010$455 million$1.3 billion-$800 million
2011$348 million$1.8 billion-$1.4 billion
2012$463 million$1.7 billion-$1.2 billion
2013$453 million$1.5 billion-$1.1 billion
2014$406 million$1.4 billion-$996 million
2015$357 million$1.6 billion-$1.3 billion
2016$331 million$1.3 billion-$988 million
2017$474 million$1.3 billion-$793 million
2018$486 million$1.7 billion-$1.2 billion
2019$608 million$1.7 billion-$1.1 billion
2020$589 million$1.5 billion-$877 million
2021$755 million$2.1 billion-$1.3 billion
2022$1.6 billion$1.8 billion-$148 million
2023$995 million$1.4 billion-$421 million
2024$995 million$1.5 billion-$506 million

What they sell each other

What Egypt sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$96 million · 9.6%
    170 thousand tonnes
  2. Citrus fruit$83 million · 8.4%
    160 thousand tonnes
  3. Computer and office machine parts$81 million · 8.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  4. Fruit and vegetable juices$73 million · 7.3%
    30 thousand tonnes
  5. Cassava and other roots$55 million · 5.6%
    71 thousand tonnes
  6. Animal guts, bladders and stomachs$50 million · 5%
    5 thousand tonnes
  7. T-shirts$38 million · 3.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Onions and garlic$37 million · 3.8%
    58 thousand tonnes
  9. Cables and wire$29 million · 2.9%
    5 thousand tonnes · Egypt’s destinations
  10. Grapes$28 million · 2.8%
    13 thousand tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to Egypt

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

  1. Ferrous scrap$209 million · 13.9%
    520 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$145 million · 9.7%
    117 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  3. Coal tar oils$60 million · 4%
    107 thousand tonnes
  4. Frozen fish$55 million · 3.6%
    44 thousand tonnes
  5. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$45 million · 3%
    317 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  6. Vaccines, blood and antisera$42 million · 2.8%
    180 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. Potatoes$42 million · 2.8%
    52 thousand tonnes
  8. Medical and dental instruments$37 million · 2.5%
    359 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  9. Flight simulators and aircraft launch gear$32 million · 2.1%
  10. Computer and office machine parts$28 million · 1.9%
    271 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Alexandria to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Alexandria and Rotterdam is 3,343 nautical miles (6,192 km) long: ≈ 7.5–10 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$2.2 billion · 87.8%
  2. Air$305 million · 12.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Egypt’s 17th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Egypt was the Netherlands’ 54th (0.2%).

The Netherlands in Egypt’s trade
1.6%
The Netherlands’ rank among Egypt’s partners
17th
Egypt in the Netherlands’ trade
0.2%
Egypt’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
54th

Compare with

Other partners of Egypt

Other partners of the Netherlands

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.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.