Egypt trade deficit widens 48.8 percent to 4.6 billion dollars in March

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Egypt's trade deficit widened 48.8 percent year on year to 4.6 billion dollars in March 2026, compared with 3.1 billion dollars in the same month of 2025.

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics released its Monthly Foreign Trade Data bulletin showing Egyptian exports fell 2.5 percent to 4.6 billion dollars. Imports rose 17.8 percent to 9.3 billion dollars driven by higher inflows of petroleum products, natural gas, crude oil and wheat. Some export categories grew including petroleum products which increased 68.4 percent and fresh fruits which rose 30.3 percent while fertilizer and potato shipments declined.

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