Machinery tops Egypt's imports from G20 countries in 2024

CAIRO - 19 November 2024: Data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed a list of the most important commodity groups imported by Egypt from the G20 during the first 9 months of the current year 2024. 

 

The value of Egyptian imports from the G20 amounted to about $46.6 billion during the mentioned period, compared to $40.7 billion during the same period last year 2023.

 

Machinery, electrical and mechanical devices topped the list with a value of $8.2 billion, followed by imports of fuel, mineral oils and their distillation products with a value of $6.9 billion, then imports of iron and steel and its products with a value of $4.1 billion, grains with a value of $3.4 billion, in addition to imports of cars, tractors, bicycles and their parts with a value of $2.7 billion, in addition to imports of plastics and their products with a value of $2.5 billion, and chemical products with a value of $1.7 billion.

 

China topped the list of the G20 countries exporting the most to Egypt during the first 9 months of 2024, as the value of Egypt's imports from it amounted to $11.3 billion, followed by the United States of America with $5.2 billion, then Saudi Arabia with $5.1 billion, then Russia with $4.5 billion, then Germany with $3.3 billion, then Brazil with $2.9 billion, then Italy with $2.6 billion, then Turkey with $2.4 billion, then India with $2.2 billion, then the United Kingdom with $1.5 billion.