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Supply chains and manufacturing: Egypt and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Egypt sold USD 8.1 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to South Africa and bought USD 98.8 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew about 6.2 times, from USD 17.3 million in 2019 to USD 107 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 98.8 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 8.1 million the other way.

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 1.3Low 1 / High 11.12025: 8.1

20191.3
20204.6
202111.1
20221
20232.3
20241.2
20258.1

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 15.9Low 13.7 / High 104.82025: 98.8

201915.9
202013.7
202119.4
202246.9
202353
2024104.8
202598.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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