Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Egypt and Taiwan

First country

Second country

In 2025, Taiwan sold USD 76.3 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Egypt.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel fell 36 percent, from USD 120 million in 2019 to USD 76.4 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Taiwan sold USD 76.3 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, 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 Taiwan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 119.9Low 76.3 / High 132.22025: 76.3

2019119.9
2020113.2
2021112.1
2022128.8
2023132.2
2024106.9
202576.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026