Country Matrix
For 2025, the matrix below shows Egypt's number of import bottlenecks for different combinations of minimum import share (%) and minimum import value (USD). Red parentheses show bottlenecks from Danger Zone countries, and lime square brackets show bottlenecks involving Critical Goods.
Egypt
Year: 2025(41 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 346(41)[3] | 258(30)[3] | 197(26)[3] | 144(20)[3] | 99(12)[2] | 56(6)[1] | 24 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 137(23)[3] | 111(18)[3] | 87(16)[3] | 65(12)[3] | 46(7)[2] | 25(4)[1] | 11 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 83(15)[3] | 70(12)[3] | 58(11)[3] | 42(7)[3] | 30(4)[2] | 18(2)[1] | 7 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 42(11)[3] | 36(10)[3] | 31(9)[3] | 24(6)[3] | 16(3)[2] | 10(2)[1] | 4 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 19(6)[3] | 18(6)[3] | 16(6)[3] | 14(4)[3] | 11(2)[2] | 6(1)[1] | 2 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (41 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2025 | 89.01% | 57,221,656 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2025 | 88.80% | 1,335,700,000 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 7309 | Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers; for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, capacity exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat insulated | 2025 | 85.67% | 89,070,257 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 6309 | Textiles; worn clothing and other worn articles | 2025 | 85.37% | 29,009,567 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2025 | 83.07% | 416,756,298 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 7303 | Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron | 2025 | 81.93% | 49,831,367 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 4412 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood | 2025 | 79.37% | 154,306,616 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2025 | 79.26% | 789,597,997 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2025 | 75.08% | 72,160,929 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 2523 | Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers | 2025 | 74.19% | 15,732,051 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2025 | 73.84% | 21,896,092 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 2306 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305 | 2025 | 73.05% | 28,752,338 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 7106 | Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum); unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2025 | 69.94% | 62,371,133 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 4819 | Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and the like, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or fibres; box files, letter trays and the like, of paper or paperboard, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like | 2025 | 67.76% | 86,466,969 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | 2025 | 67.66% | 32,483,191 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2025 | 62.68% | 495,526,912 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 4911 | Printed matter, n.e.c., including printed pictures and photographs | 2025 | 62.03% | 22,596,795 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2025 | 60.95% | 529,124,324 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 2710 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils | 2025 | 60.89% | 5,710,067,454 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 0804 | Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens; fresh or dried | 2025 | 60.14% | 38,773,800 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2025 | 59.28% | 2,205,456,448 |
| 22 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2025 | 58.51% | 44,737,755 |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 7308 | Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures | 2025 | 56.44% | 380,994,922 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2025 | 54.97% | 129,059,477 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2025 | 53.60% | 531,368,342 |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 7203 | Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2025 | 53.31% | 38,489,552 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 2304 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | 2025 | 47.67% | 26,050,108 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 7606 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm | 2025 | 47.03% | 57,904,856 |
| 29 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 43.39% | 207,896,490 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 6305 | Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods | 2025 | 40.54% | 12,516,861 |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 38.12% | 182,612,782 |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 7403 | Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwrought | 2025 | 37.99% | 464,354,036 |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2025 | 37.76% | 94,698,448 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2025 | 35.87% | 59,243,331 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 2909 | Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2025 | 35.26% | 12,084,760 |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 8523 | Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, smart cards and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, excluding products of Chapter 37 | 2025 | 34.12% | 46,672,984 |
| 37 | Lebanon | 0809 | Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh | 2025 | 33.61% | 10,750,048 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 0306 | Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, steamed or boiled, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine | 2025 | 33.06% | 31,429,754 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | 2025 | 32.38% | 20,579,557 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2025 | 31.38% | 23,991,410 |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 7208 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated | 2025 | 30.95% | 184,225,125 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 15 occurrences
Russian Federation: 13 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 8 occurrences
Ukraine: 3 occurrences
Bahrain: 1 occurrence
Lebanon: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...
2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...
Legend:
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The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.
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The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.