Lesotho (LSO) and Egypt (EGY) Trade | The Observatory of Economic Complexity

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Lesotho-Egypt Trade: In 2022, Lesotho exported $4.09M to Egypt. The main products that Lesotho exported to Egypt were Heavy Pure Woven Cotton ($4.09M) and Heavy Mixed Woven Cotton ($6). Over the past 5 years the exports of Lesotho to Egypt have increased at an annualized rate of 250%, from $7.76k in 2017 to $4.09M in 2022.

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

Egypt-Lesotho In N/A, Egypt did not export any products to Lesotho.

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

Comparison In 2022, Lesotho ranked 158 in total exports ($1.16B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index. That same year, Egypt ranked 69 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.1), and 59 in total exports ($53.9B).

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Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2022, Lesotho exported $4.09M to Egypt. The main products exported from Lesotho to Egypt were Heavy Pure Woven Cotton ($4.09M) and Heavy Mixed Woven Cotton ($6). During the last 5 years the exports of Lesotho to Egypt have increased at an annualized rate of 250%, from $7.76k in 2017 to $4.09M in 2022.

Egypt does not register exports to Lesotho. The main products exported from Egypt to Lesotho were Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($27k), Computers ($2.23k), and Light Rubberized Knitted Fabric ($485).

Exports from Lesotho () to Egypt () (2022)

Exports from Egypt () to Lesotho () (2022)

Market Competitiveness

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Lesotho
Top DestinationSouth Africa$434M

Egypt
Top DestinationTurkey$4.23B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Lesotho than Egypt included South Africa ($434M) and Eswatini ($11.3M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Egypt than Lesotho included Turkey ($4.23B), Italy ($3.32B), and Spain ($3B).

Difference in imports from Egypt () and Lesotho () (2022)

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Egypt

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

During 2022, Lesotho had a large net trade with Egypt in the exports of N/A.

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Lesotho Egypt+$192kHeavy Pure Woven Cotton

Top Product Potential Egypt Lesotho+$10.9kVaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures

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

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

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Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Exports from Lesotho () to Egypt () (2022)

Exports from Egypt () to Lesotho () (2022)

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Trade between Lesotho () and Egypt ()

Lesotho Exports

Egypt Exports

Market Competitiveness

Difference in imports from Egypt () and Lesotho () (2022)

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Egypt

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

Product Space of Lesotho () and Egypt () (2022)

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Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Exports from Lesotho () to Egypt () (2022)

Exports from Egypt () to Lesotho () (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Lesotho () and Egypt ()

Lesotho Exports

Egypt Exports

Market Competitiveness

Difference in imports from Egypt () and Lesotho () (2022)

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Egypt

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

Product Space of Lesotho () and Egypt () (2022)

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