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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.

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.

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

Historical Data

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Trade between Egypt (Flag) and China (Flag)

Egypt Exports

China Exports

Market Competitiveness

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

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

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

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

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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

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 Egypt and China. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Egypt indicates it has a comparative advantage over China. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of China indicates it has a comparative advantage over Egypt.

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

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