Egyptian British Chamber of Commerce


Trade


UK-World Trade in Goods - 2011

  2010 2011 % Change
Total Volume of Trade £623.7bn £687.5bn 10.2
MENA Volume of Trade £26.1bn £31.2bn 19.4
MENA % of Total  4.2 4.5  

UK-MENA Trade in Goods - 2011  

  2010 2011 % Change
MENA Volume of Trade £26.2bn £31.1bn 18.7
Egypt Volume of Trade £1.81bn 1.83bn 1.3
Egypt % 0f MENA 6.9 5.9  

UK- MENA Trade in Goods Ranking - Volume of Trade 2011

1 United Arab Emirates £6.6bn*
2 Qatar £5.9bn*
3 Saudi Arabia £4.3bn*
4 Israel £3.8bn
5 Algeria £2.1bn*
6 Kuwait £2bn*
7 Egypt £1.8bn
8 Morocco £928mln

*mainly oil & gas

UK Imports from MENA - 2011

  2010 2011 % Change
Imports from MENA £11,696bn £15,831bn 37
Imports from Egypt £674mln £793mln 18
Egypt % of MENA 5.8 5  

UK Imports from Egypt - Product Breakdown 2010

1 Textile & Garments £151mln
2 Fruit & Vegetables £108mln
3 Elec. Machinery £86mln
4 Transport Equip. £67mln
5 Oil & Gas £48mln
6 Paper £28mln
7 Chemicals £24mln
8 Power Generators £18mln

 UK Exports to MENA - 2011

  2010 2011 % Change
Exports to MENA £14,493bn £15,320bn 6
Exports to Egypt £1,135mln £1.039bn -8
Egypt % of MENA 7.8 6.8  

UK Exports to Egypt - Product Breakdown 2010 

1 Metals & Scrap £162mln
2 Industrial Machinery £110mln
3 Power Generation Equip. £101mln
4 Petroleum Products £80mln
5 Chemicals £67mln
6 Fruit & Vegetables £59mln
7 Pharmaceuticals £44mln
8 Elec. Machinery £33mln