Exports - commodities:
crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products,
chemicals

Exports - partners:
US 13.4%, Italy 9.4%, Spain 7.7%, Syria 5.7%, Germany 4.9%, France
4.9%, UK 4.1% (2005)

Imports:
$24.1 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels

Imports - partners:
US 10.6%, Germany 7%, China 6.5%, France 6.3%, Italy 5.7%, Saudi
Arabia 4.8% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$21.39 billion (2005 est.)

Debt - external:
$35.26 billion (2005 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $1.12 billion (2002)

Currency (code):
Egyptian pound (EGP)

Currency code:
EGP