The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has released its monthly Foreign Trade Data bulletin for October 2025.
Egypt’s trade deficit stood at $4.58bn in October 2025, compared with $4.52bn in the same month of the previous year, marking a 1.3% increase.
The value of exports declined by 1.1% to $4.17bn in October 2025, down from $4.22bn a year earlier. This decrease was driven by lower export values for several commodities, including petroleum products (down 29.6%), plastics in primary forms (22.2%), fresh fruits (13.4%), and crude oil (53.7%).
However, exports of some commodities recorded growth during the month, compared with 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%).
Meanwhile, the value of imports rose slightly by 0.18% to $8.75bn in October 2025, from $8.74bn in the same month of the previous year. The increase was attributed to higher imports of natural gas (up 72.9%), maize (27.6%), passenger cars (58.0%), and soybeans (14.0%).
In contrast, imports of several commodities declined during the month, including petroleum products (down 15.0%), wheat (8.4%), raw iron or steel materials (16.4%), and plastics in primary forms (22.7%).
