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Egypt, Arab Rep. Trade Summary

2008

Egypt, Arab Rep. exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR EGYPT, ARAB REP. 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Egypt, Arab Rep. 2008

Exports and imports of Egypt, Arab Rep. in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 26,335 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 53,596 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,833 products were exported to 169 countries and 4,190 products were imported from 153 countries.

Egypt, Arab Rep. top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Egypt, Arab Rep. exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Egypt, Arab Rep. exports to Italy worth US$ 2,719 million, with a partner share of 10.32 percent.
  2. Egypt, Arab Rep. exports to India worth US$ 1,665 million, with a partner share of 6.32 percent.
  3. Egypt, Arab Rep. exports to Unspecified worth US$ 1,630 million, with a partner share of 6.19 percent.
  4. Egypt, Arab Rep. exports to Netherlands worth US$ 1,505 million, with a partner share of 5.71 percent.
  5. Egypt, Arab Rep. exports to Spain worth US$ 1,494 million, with a partner share of 5.67 percent.

Top five countries from which Egypt, Arab Rep. imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Egypt, Arab Rep. imports from United States worth US$ 5,925 million, with a partner share of 11.05 percent.
  2. Egypt, Arab Rep. imports from China worth US$ 4,426 million, with a partner share of 8.26 percent.
  3. Egypt, Arab Rep. imports from Germany worth US$ 3,276 million, with a partner share of 6.11 percent.
  4. Egypt, Arab Rep. imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 3,106 million, with a partner share of 5.80 percent.
  5. Egypt, Arab Rep. imports from Italy worth US$ 2,987 million, with a partner share of 5.57 percent.

Egypt, Arab Rep. Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Egypt, Arab Rep. along with trade value are:

  1. Egypt, Arab Rep. exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 4,964,914.92 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Egypt, Arab Rep. exported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 3,604,553.57 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Egypt, Arab Rep. exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 2,203,387.42 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Egypt, Arab Rep. exported Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood na , worth 676,203.49 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Egypt, Arab Rep. exported Plate, sheet & strip of refined copper, in coil , worth 559,780.91 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Egypt, Arab Rep. along with trade value are

  1. Egypt, Arab Rep. imported Durum wheat , worth 2,734,645.34 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Egypt, Arab Rep. imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 2,257,616.07 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Egypt, Arab Rep. imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 1,601,447.32 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Egypt, Arab Rep. imported Butanes, liquefied , worth 1,520,150.01 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Egypt, Arab Rep. imported Ferrous waste and scrap, iron or steel, nes , worth 1,482,742.14 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Egypt, Arab Rep. in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.50 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.02 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 21,265,798.38 and duty free tariff line items share was 21.04 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Egypt, Arab Rep. in 2008 are below

  • Egypt, Arab Rep. GDP in current US dollar was 162,818 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,750.00 .
  • Egypt, Arab Rep. Trade balance: as % of GDP was -5.59.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -9,109.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 71.68 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 26.12 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Egypt, Arab Rep. in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.04.
  • Index of export market penetration was 6.52.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Egypt, Arab Rep. Country Growth was -18.04 .