The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics released its monthly Foreign Trade Data bulletin for October 2025, showing Egypt's trade deficit at $4.58bn, up 1.3% from the previous year. Exports fell 1.1% to $4.17bn, while imports edged up 0.18% to $8.75bn.
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) issued its monthly Foreign Trade Data bulletin for October 2025, reporting Egypt's trade deficit at $4.58bn, compared to $4.52bn in the same month of 2024, reflecting a 1.3% increase.
Export values declined by 1.1% to $4.17bn in October 2025, down from $4.22bn a year earlier. This drop was driven by lower exports of key commodities, including petroleum products (down 29.6%), plastics in primary forms (22.2%), fresh fruits (13.4%), and crude oil (53.7%).
However, some commodity exports grew compared to October 2024, notably ready-made garments (up 9.2%), pastes and food preparations (34.8%), fertilisers (6.6%), and medicines and pharmaceutical preparations (11.7%).
Imports, meanwhile, rose slightly by 0.18% to $8.75bn in October 2025, from $8.74bn the previous year. The increase stemmed from higher imports of natural gas (up 72.9%), maize (27.6%), passenger cars (58.0%), and soybeans (14.0%).
Conversely, imports of several items fell, such as petroleum products (down 15.0%), wheat (8.4%), raw iron or steel materials (16.4%), and plastics in primary forms (22.7%). These figures highlight the dynamics of Egypt's trade amid economic pressures.