Egypt’s exports rise by 6.7% in August 2025: CAPMAS

CAIRO – 9 November 2025: Egypt’s trade balance deficit dropped to 4.73 billion dollars in August 2025, compared to 4.96 billion dollars in the same month of the previous year, marking a reduction of four point six three percent, according to data released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

The figures also show that the value of exports rose by six point seven percent, reaching 3.96 billion dollars in August 2025, up from 3.71 billion dollars in August 2024. This growth was driven by higher exports of several key commodities, including ready-made garments (up twenty point six percent), pasta and food preparations (up twenty-nine point one percent), crude oil (up seven point six percent), and soap and cleaning products (up twenty-nine point four percent).

However, the data also indicated declines in the export values of refined petroleum products (down twenty-one point six percent), primary plastics (down thirty point three percent), fertilizers (down twenty-nine point nine percent), and fresh fruit (down fifteen point two percent).

On the import side, total imports increased marginally by zero point two percent, rising to 8.69 billion dollars in August 2025 from 8.67 billion dollars in the same month of the previous year. This uptick was driven by increased imports of natural gas (up eighty-eight point nine percent), passenger vehicles (up sixty-six point one percent), soybeans (up one hundred thirty-five point four percent), and maize (up twelve point six percent).

Meanwhile, imports of several commodities declined, including petroleum products (down fifteen point five percent), raw iron and steel materials (down thirty-three point eight percent), wheat (down thirteen point three percent), and primary plastics (down seven point eight percent).