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Critical minerals: Egypt and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, Russia sold USD 464 million of critical minerals and metals to Egypt.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew about 25 times, from USD 18.3 million in 2019 to USD 464 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 464 million of critical minerals and metals, and Egypt sold almost none.

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 imports from Russia: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 18.3Low 0.9 / High 464.42025: 464.4

201918.3
20200.9
202154.4
20221
2023175.7
2024198.6
2025464.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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