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China-Egypt Trade: In 2022, China exported $16.7B to Egypt. The main products that China exported to Egypt were Broadcasting Equipment ($927M), Non-Retail Synthetic Filament Yarn ($474M), and Synthetic Filament Yarn Woven Fabric ($458M). Over the past 5 years the exports of China to Egypt have increased at an annualized rate of 10.7%, from $10B in 2017 to $16.7B in 2022.

In 2022, China did not export any services to Egypt.

Egypt-China Trade: In 2022, Egypt exported $1B to China. The main products that Egypt exported to China were Petroleum Gas ($249M), Refined Petroleum ($204M), and Crude Petroleum ($107M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Egypt to China have increased at an annualized rate of 3.45%,  from $845M in 2017 to $1B in 2022.

In 2022, Egypt did not export any services to China.

Comparison: In 2022,  China ranked 22 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.12), and 1 in total exports ($3.73T). That same year, Egypt ranked 69 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.1), and 59 in total exports ($53.9B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, China exported $16.7B to Egypt. The main products exported from China to Egypt were Broadcasting Equipment ($927M), Non-Retail Synthetic Filament Yarn ($474M), and Synthetic Filament Yarn Woven Fabric ($458M). During the last 5 years the exports of China to Egypt have increased at an annualized rate of 10.7%, from $10B in 2017 to $16.7B in 2022.

In 2017, Egypt exported $1B to China. The main products exported from Egypt to China were Petroleum Gas ($249M), Refined Petroleum ($204M), and Crude Petroleum ($107M). During the last 5 years the exports of Egypt to China have increased at an annualized rate of 3.45%, from $845M in 2022 to $1B in 2017.

Exports from China (Flag) to Egypt (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Egypt (Flag) to China (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
China
Top Destination
United States$551B
Egypt
Top Destination
Turkey$4.23B

This map shows whether countries import more from China or Egypt. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from China and Egypt or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from China than Egypt included United States ($551B), Hong Kong ($276B), and Japan ($178B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Egypt than China included Palestine ($459M).

Difference in imports from Egypt (Flag) and China (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage China - Egypt

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between China and Egypt by product, considering products traded by both, China and Egypt.

During 2022, China had a large net trade with Egypt in the exports of Machines ($4.97B), Metals ($2.37B), and Textiles ($2.27B).

During 2017, Egypt had a large net trade with China in the exports of Mineral Products ($576M), Textiles ($149M), and Vegetable Products ($79.6M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential China Egypt+$390MTelephones
Top Product Potential Egypt China+$709MPetroleum Gas

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of China and Egypt. This means that a dot/product with the flag of China indicates it has a comparative advantage over Egypt. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Egypt indicates it has a comparative advantage over China.

Product Space of China (Flag) and Egypt (Flag) (2022)

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