Strategic Lens

Agriculture and food: Egypt and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Egypt sold USD 42.7 million of agricultural and food products to South Africa and bought USD 13.0 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products grew 61 percent, from USD 34.5 million in 2019 to USD 55.7 million in 2025.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Egypt's exports to South Africa: agricultural and food products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Egypt

2019: 25.8Low 21.6 / High 42.72025: 42.7

201925.8
202025.5
202121.6
202225.5
202334.3
202436.9
202542.7

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Egypt's imports from South Africa: agricultural and food products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Egypt

2019: 8.7Low 8.7 / High 152025: 13

20198.7
20209.8
202110.6
202212.1
202311.4
202415
202513

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026