Arab Finance: Egypt’s trade deficit surged by about 53.95% year-on-year (YoY) in July 2026 to $8.04 billion from $5.2 billion, according to data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).
The monthly foreign trade bulletin for July 2026 showed that the value of imports climbed by 31.13% to $11.97 billion, compared to $9 billion in July 2025.
Meanwhile, exports went up by 0.58% YoY, valuing at $3.93 billion in July from $3.7 billion.
In June 2026, the trade deficit increased by 58.5% to $7.5 billion from $4.7 billion in the same month of 2025.
