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Trade between Egypt and Spain

In 2024, Egypt exported $1.7 billion to Spain and imported $1.7 billion. Egypt ran a deficit of $15 million with Spain, compared with a deficit of $970 million in 2019. Spain was Egypt’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Egypt was Spain’s 37th (0.4%).

Summary

Egypt → Spain
$1.7billion
Spain → Egypt
$1.7billion
Egypt’s balance
-$15million

Balance

Egypt’s trade balance with Spain

Trade between Egypt and Spain grew 6.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.7
  • Imports 1.7
  • Balance -0

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$244 million$308 million-$64 million
1996$224 million$326 million-$103 million
1997$198 million$317 million-$119 million
1998$107 million$387 million-$281 million
1999$128 million$492 million-$364 million
2000$260 million$347 million-$87 million
2001$251 million$315 million-$64 million
2002$284 million$282 million$1 million
2003$501 million$350 million$152 million
2004$615 million$748 million-$132 million
2005$1.4 billion$493 million$918 million
2006$2 billion$533 million$1.5 billion
2007$2.1 billion$584 million$1.5 billion
2008$2.5 billion$934 million$1.6 billion
2009$2.2 billion$1.2 billion$948 million
2010$1.9 billion$1.2 billion$746 million
2011$2.1 billion$1.3 billion$765 million
2012$1.5 billion$1.6 billion-$75 million
2013$1.3 billion$1.7 billion-$407 million
2014$909 million$1.8 billion-$882 million
2015$624 million$1.7 billion-$1.1 billion
2016$970 million$2.1 billion-$1.2 billion
2017$1.3 billion$1.7 billion-$356 million
2018$1.2 billion$2.2 billion-$1 billion
2019$1 billion$2 billion-$970 million
2020$845 million$1.7 billion-$888 million
2021$1.8 billion$2 billion-$200 million
2022$2.9 billion$1.7 billion$1.3 billion
2023$1.7 billion$1.6 billion$60 million
2024$1.7 billion$1.7 billion-$15 million

What they sell each other

What Egypt sells to Spain

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

  1. Hot-rolled flat steel$244 million · 14.2%
    387 thousand tonnes
  2. Refined petroleum$194 million · 11.3%
    236 thousand tonnes · Egypt’s destinations
  3. Nitrogen fertilizers$164 million · 9.6%
    507 thousand tonnes
  4. Citrus fruit$57 million · 3.3%
    104 thousand tonnes
  5. Vaccines, blood and antisera$52 million · 3%
    291 tonnes · Spain’s sources
  6. Women's suits and dresses$51 million · 3%
    998 tonnes
  7. Olive oil$48 million · 2.8%
    6 thousand tonnes · Spain’s sources
  8. Carbon black and other carbon$42 million · 2.5%
    26 thousand tonnes
  9. Polyethylene$42 million · 2.5%
    38 thousand tonnes · Spain’s sources
  10. Plastic sheets and film$39 million · 2.3%
    18 thousand tonnes

What Spain sells to Egypt

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

  1. Refined copper$239 million · 13.8%
    27 thousand tonnes
  2. Natural gas and LPG$118 million · 6.8%
    175 thousand tonnes
  3. Cars$99 million · 5.7%
    8 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$60 million · 3.5%
    384 tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  5. Unwrought zinc$56 million · 3.2%
    19 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  6. Refined petroleum$52 million · 3%
    47 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  7. Petroleum coke and bitumen$41 million · 2.4%
    189 thousand tonnes
  8. Enamels and glazes for ceramics and glass$35 million · 2%
    33 thousand tonnes
  9. Vaccines, blood and antisera$34 million · 2%
    163 tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  10. Malt extract and food mixes$28 million · 1.6%
    4 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Alexandria to Valencia.

The estimated sea route between Alexandria and Valencia is 1,663 nautical miles (3,080 km) long: ≈ 4–5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$3.1 billion · 91.3%
  2. Air$300 million · 8.7%

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

How much each matters to the other

Spain was Egypt’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Egypt was Spain’s 37th (0.4%).

Spain in Egypt’s trade
2.3%
Spain’s rank among Egypt’s partners
13th
Egypt in Spain’s trade
0.4%
Egypt’s rank among Spain’s partners
37th

Compare with

Other partners of Egypt

Other partners of Spain

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.