Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade General Organization for Export and Import Control

Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Hassan El Khatib, reviewed the latest report issued by the GOEIC on Egypt’s Foreign Trade Indicators during October 2025, as the rise in Egyptian exports continued compared to the same period of the last year, as the value of Egyptian exports during October 2025 recorded about $3 billion and 835 million, compared to about $3 billion and 788 million during October 2024, an increase of 1% with a value of $47 million.

Egyptian imports from abroad also recorded a decrease, as they reached 7 billion and 9 million dollars during October 2025, compared to 7 billion and 280 million dollars during October 2024, with a decrease of 4%, and a value of 271 million dollars.

El Khatib also reviewed the GOEIC's report on Egypt’s Foreign Trade Indicators from January to October 2025, whereas the value of non-petroleum exports increased by 19% to reach $40 billion and 614 million, compared to $34 billion and 148 million during the same period last year, an increase of $6 billion and 466 million.

The Trade Deficit also decreased by 16%, reaching $26.322 billion compared to $31.373 billion during the same period last year, a decrease of $5.051 billion.

The ministry aims to adopt an open and flexible trade policy that supports competitiveness. It also aims to maximize value-added exports, decrease the trade deficit through close linking of investment and trade, protect local products with trade remedies in accordance with international agreements, open new markets with balanced trade agreements, and enhance the benefits of free trade agreements concluded between Egypt and a large number of countries and regional and global economic blocs, thereby enhancing the global competitiveness of the Egyptian economy.

The largest markets receiving Egyptian non-petroleum exports during the period from January to October 2025 included the United Arab Emirates with a value of $6.328 billion, compared to about $2.615 billion during the same period last year, an increase of 142%; Turkey with a value of $2.652 billion, compared to about $2.600 billion during the same period last year, an increase of 2%; Saudi Arabia with a value of $2.520 billion, compared to $2.822 billion during the same period last year, a decrease of 11%; Italy with a value of $2.363 billion, compared to $1.852 billion during the same period last year, an increase of 28%; and the United States of America with a value of $2.264 billion, compared to $1.869 billion during the same period last year, an increase of 21%.

The value of Egyptian non-petroleum exports increased to the top five importing countries by 37% during the period from January to October 2025, reaching $16.127 billion, compared to $11.758 billion during the same period last year, an increase of $4.370 billion.

The most important export sectors that formed the structure of Egyptian non-petroleum exports from January to October 2025 comprised the building materials sector that  amounted to $12.798 billion (increased by 43%); the chemical products and fertilizers sector amounted to $7.720 billion (increase by 10%); the food industries sector amounted to $5.766 billion (increased by 11%); the engineering and electronic goods sector amounted to at $5.323 billion (increased by12%); the agricultural products sector amounted to $3.894 billion (decreased by 0.1%); the ready-made garments sector amounted to $2.808 billion (increased by 22%); the spinning and weaving sector amounted to $966 million (increased by 2%); the medical industries sector amounted to $793 million (increased by 24%); the printing, packaging, paper, books, and publications sector amounted to $705 million (decreased by 2%); and the furniture sector, valued at $518 million (increased by 3%), and the furniture sector amounted to $326 million (increased by 16%); and the leather, footwear and leather products sector amounted to $84 million (increased by 1%).