Hottest Products to Import From Egypt in 2026
Below are the hottest products to export from Egypt, with large growth potential:
- Cotton: US $600–650 million (2025)
- Jewelry: US $1.8–2.0 billion (2025)
- Plastics: US $2.0–2.2 billion (2025)
- Food Exports: US $6.0–6.5 billion (2025)
- Ceramics: US $340–380 million (2025)
- Essential Oils, Perfumes & Cosmetics: US $800–900 million (2025)
A slew of positive export data has been released for 2025, showing huge demand for Egyptian products worldwide. A Egyptian-British trade agreement signed following Brexit has been significant for both countries so there are some excellent opportunities for a foreign importer.
Egyptian Exports Continue to Set New Records in 2025
Egypt’s export performance continued to strengthen into 2025, building on the record US $51.6 billion achieved in 2023. Total merchandise exports are estimated at approximately US $56–58 billion in 2025, reflecting sustained momentum driven by currency competitiveness, expanded manufacturing output, and growing demand from regional and European markets. This marks the highest export levels in Egypt’s history, reinforcing the country’s rising role in global trade.
Turkey remains Egypt’s largest export destination, with exports estimated at around US $4.5–4.8 billion in 2025, followed by Spain (~US $4.1–4.3 billion), Italy (~US $3.7–3.9 billion), and Saudi Arabia (~US $2.8–3.0 billion). These markets continue to absorb strong volumes of Egyptian manufactured goods, chemicals, food products, and construction materials.
Exports to the United States are estimated at US $2.9–3.1 billion in 2025, while shipments to the United Kingdom are estimated at US $1.8–2.0 billion, supported by the post-Brexit Egyptian-British trade agreement. These gains highlight Egypt’s success in leveraging trade agreements and diversifying its export markets while maintaining strong year-on-year growth.
If you’re looking for some ideas to import from Egypt and sell, here’s our 6 hottest ideas for 2026:
Cotton Products
Egypt is famous for its highest quality cotton around the world. Turkey and India import cotton from Egypt in order to produce high quality products made of 100% Egyptian Cotton for the worldwide demand.
Fabric production includes fine Egyptian cotton fabrics, shirting, fabrics for trousers/shorts, worsted wool fabrics, denim, fleece, jersey, flat/woolen knits, technical fabrics, and more. Apparel production includes active sportswear, outerwear, underwear, suits, socks, infant wear etc. Production of made-ups includes a wide variety of bed, bath, and table linens, kitchen accessories etc.
Perhaps one of the most in-demand products are luxury 100% Egyptian cotton bed sheets and bedware.
Egyptian Jewelry
Egypts jewelry market is exploding and the potential for excellent returns on investment for those willing to source good suppliers and export to buyers around the world are excellent.
There’s plenty of room in the UK market still and well worth exploring.
Egypt’s exports of gold, jewellery, and precious stones have continued their strong upward momentum into 2025, building on the sharp growth seen in recent years. Following exports of US $1.53 billion in 2023, the sector is estimated to reach approximately US $1.9–2.1 billion in 2025, supported by rising global demand, improved refining and manufacturing capacity, and increased access to regional and European markets.
This sustained growth highlights Egypt’s strengthening position as a competitive and reliable exporter in the global precious metals and jewellery trade.
Plastics
Since the revolution in 2011 a number of sectors, especially tourism, have slowed down, however this has not been the case with the plastics industry, which includes finished products.
Egypt’s plastics exports have continued to expand into 2025, building on exports of US $1.75 billion in 2023. For 2025, plastics exports are estimated at approximately US $2.0–2.2 billion, driven by growing regional demand, competitive production costs, and the expansion of Egypt’s domestic plastics manufacturing capacity.
Over the past decade, the plasticware industry has become a core pillar of local manufacturing, increasingly replacing glass and metal products and strengthening Egypt’s position as a regional export supplier.
Food Exports
Food imports to Europe is a golden opportunity for Egyptian food imports and remains one of the most stable markets offering the highest prices.
Egypt’s exports of prepared vegetables, fruits, and nuts have continued to grow into 2025, building on exports of US $539.9 million in 2022 and contributing to total food exports of US $5.1 billion in 2023. For 2025, exports in this segment are estimated at approximately US $700–750 million, supported by strong demand from European, Middle Eastern, and African markets. This growth reinforces food processing as a key pillar of Egypt’s export expansion and value-added agricultural strategy.
Europe needs products that are low in sugar and packaging for European standards should be considered. Europe is more interested in buying food products which are in glass containers and tetra packs.
It’s important to understand import requirements with food and fresh fruits as of course there will be a limited shelf life.
Ceramics
Egypt intends to turn itself into a regional hub for manufacturing and exporting ceramics, in light of the availability of energy sources, raw materials and qualified labor.
Egypt’s ceramic exports have continued their upward trend into 2025, building on exports of US $298 million in 2023. For 2025, ceramic product exports are estimated at approximately US $340–380 million, supported by growing demand from regional, African, and European construction markets and Egypt’s competitive production costs.
Egypt has a rich history of manufacturing ceramics and it’s expected for this industry to grow significantly.
Essential Oils, Perfumes and Cosmetics
80% of the world’s natural jasmine products, come from Egypt, where specialists in this ancient art extract the aromatic oils from a profusion of flowers, leaves, roots and herbs and export them to perfumers in Paris, London, New York and even Moscow.
Perfumes are a huge export market still to be tapped and the use of essential oils is becoming a very, very popular natural alternative to traditional perfumes.
Egypt’s exports of essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, and toiletries have continued to expand into 2025, building on exports of US $621 million in 2022. For 2025, exports in this sector are estimated at approximately US $850–950 million, supported by growing international demand, improved manufacturing standards, and Egypt’s strong access to natural raw materials.
As a relatively young but fast-growing market, the sector presents significant opportunities for exporters and buyers looking to tap into a high-margin and scalable product category.
How To Import From Egypt
4 Steps To Success
If you’re now thinking to get involved in the import export world, I highly recommend it! Below is my personal testimonial of my experience, working 35+ years in import export. I’ve met some many great people, enjoyed my travels around the world and the satisfaction of negotiating deals and moving products around the world has been fantastic.
If the ideas above have inspired you, I recommend you take the next three steps.
Step 1: Sourcing Your Products
Once you’ve decided on some products, you’ll have to source where to buy them, export documentation, import documentation, whether you will need a import license and practical shipper’s knowledge. Finding sellers of your products is also half the fun. If you’re in a position to travel and explore, do it! It’s a great opportunity to expand your horizons. Not so easy in these times of a global pandemic but eventually we’ll be able to travel again.
If you can’t travel, there’s always Google, AliBaba and AliExpress. This can be a great place to start. For more ideas and an much more in-depth look into sourcing products, check out our blog in sourcing products internationally.
It can also be useful to call the Egyptian Embassy or Egyptian Consulate and ask for a list of suppliers for the product your looking for.
Step 2: Finding Buyers
Perhaps the biggest question is inevitably, how do I find buyers for my products?
This is without doubt the most common question that I’m asked. Well, the good news is, there’s more than one way to do this. The bad news is, there’s no “easy” way. It’s all going to take some hard work and perseverance but it can most certainly be done and some good profits are no doubt waiting for you.
For my biggest hints and tips after a lifetime in commercial buying and selling check out our blog post on finding buyers.
Step 3: Understand the Basics
You’re going to need to understand at a minimum, the basics of import and export. Don’t jump in and start buying products, hoping to sell them by crossing your fingers. You’ll lose money, time and cause yourself a lot of stress.
To start, have a read of our blog post, How To Start an Import Export Business. It’s only the bare minimum but it will give you an idea of what you need to start thinking about and you’ll pick up some handy tips that I learned over the year.
Step 4: Import Export Training Courses Online
If you’re still sold on the idea of international trade, I can only advise you to educate yourself. Our online import export courses are taught with a series of pre-recorded videos so you can start any time, study at your own pace and there’s no deadline to complete.
Our courses teach you the practical knowledge you’ll need to know to trade successfully, confidently whilst maximising your profits. Taught by Alan Bracken, with 35+ years of commercial experience in logistics, he skips all the theory you’ll never need to know but teaches you the practical side of how to move your goods around the world.
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