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Trade between Egypt and the United States

In 2024, Egypt exported $2.8 billion to the United States and imported $7.5 billion. Egypt ran a deficit of $4.7 billion with the United States, compared with a deficit of $2.1 billion in 2019. The United States was Egypt’s 3rd largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Egypt was the United States’ 53rd (0.2%).

Summary

Egypt → United States
$2.8billion
United States → Egypt
$7.5billion
Egypt’s balance
-$4.7billion

Balance

Egypt’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Egypt and the United States grew 2.9-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.8
  • Imports 7.5
  • Balance -4.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$669 million$3 billion-$2.3 billion
1996$709 million$2.8 billion-$2.1 billion
1997$826 million$3.9 billion-$3.1 billion
1998$784 million$3.4 billion-$2.6 billion
1999$750 million$3.5 billion-$2.8 billion
2000$869 million$3.3 billion-$2.5 billion
2001$910 million$3.5 billion-$2.6 billion
2002$1.1 billion$3.1 billion-$2 billion
2003$1.2 billion$2.6 billion-$1.5 billion
2004$1.5 billion$3 billion-$1.5 billion
2005$2.2 billion$3 billion-$788 million
2006$2.7 billion$3.5 billion-$851 million
2007$2.5 billion$4.9 billion-$2.4 billion
2008$2.6 billion$7.3 billion-$4.7 billion
2009$2.3 billion$5.5 billion-$3.3 billion
2010$2.6 billion$5.9 billion-$3.4 billion
2011$2.4 billion$7.1 billion-$4.7 billion
2012$2.5 billion$5.8 billion-$3.3 billion
2013$1.9 billion$5.5 billion-$3.6 billion
2014$1.7 billion$6.4 billion-$4.7 billion
2015$1.7 billion$4.7 billion-$3 billion
2016$1.6 billion$3.9 billion-$2.3 billion
2017$1.8 billion$4 billion-$2.3 billion
2018$2.6 billion$5.7 billion-$3 billion
2019$3.4 billion$5.5 billion-$2.1 billion
2020$2.4 billion$5 billion-$2.6 billion
2021$3.9 billion$6.5 billion-$2.7 billion
2022$3.3 billion$7 billion-$3.7 billion
2023$2.8 billion$5.1 billion-$2.3 billion
2024$2.8 billion$7.5 billion-$4.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Egypt sells to the United States

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

  1. Sweaters and pullovers$243 million · 8.6%
    8 thousand tonnes
  2. Men's suits and trousers$240 million · 8.5%
    7 thousand tonnes
  3. Women's suits and dresses$166 million · 5.8%
    6 thousand tonnes
  4. Men's knitted suits and trousers$134 million · 4.7%
    4 thousand tonnes
  5. Steel bars$125 million · 4.4%
    193 thousand tonnes
  6. Mixed fertilizers$112 million · 4%
    158 thousand tonnes
  7. Women's knitted suits and dresses$110 million · 3.9%
    4 thousand tonnes
  8. T-shirts$106 million · 3.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Woven carpets$90 million · 3.2%
    18 thousand tonnes
  10. Dried fruit and nut mixes$77 million · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes

What the United States sells to Egypt

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$2.8 billion · 37.7%
    3.7 million tonnes
  2. Soybeans$1.1 billion · 14.1%
    2 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  3. Coal$471 million · 6.3%
    3.2 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$293 million · 3.9%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Refined petroleum$173 million · 2.3%
    154 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Open-chain hydrocarbons$139 million · 1.9%
    523 thousand tonnes
  7. Edible offal$114 million · 1.5%
    37 thousand tonnes
  8. Wheat$83 million · 1.1%
    47 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Vaccines, blood and antisera$77 million · 1%
    114 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  10. Polyethylene$74 million · 0.98%
    36 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Alexandria to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Alexandria and Los Angeles is 9,380 nautical miles (17,371 km) long: ≈ 21.5–28 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal.

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$9.2 billion · 88.7%
  2. Air$1.2 billion · 11.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Egypt’s 3rd largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Egypt was the United States’ 53rd (0.2%).

The United States in Egypt’s trade
6.8%
The United States’ rank among Egypt’s partners
3rd
Egypt in the United States’ trade
0.2%
Egypt’s rank among the United States’ partners
53rd

Compare with

Other partners of Egypt

Other partners of the United States

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.