Egypt’s merchandise import bill recorded an unprecedented historic surge during the 2025/2026 fiscal year, exceeding the $100 billion threshold for the first time in the country’s history, with total imports reaching approximately $108.7 billion compared to $91.2 billion during the previous fiscal year 2024/2025, according to the latest official data and reports issued by the Central Bank of Egypt.
The net increase in the import bill reached $17.5 billion, with a growth rate of 19.2% year-on-year according to Maat Group, reflecting growing pressures on the country’s foreign currency earnings and the direct impact of global economic developments and geopolitical challenges that have affected supply and distribution chains.
In the details of the import list, production inputs and non-oil goods came at the forefront of the sectors absorbing the largest share of imports, accounting alone for $83.9 billion of the total bill, recording an increase and growth rate of 16.9% compared with the levels recorded during the fiscal year extending from 2024 to 2025.
The economic reading of the data indicated that this outcome and record surge are attributable to two main factors, the first being the continuation of global inflation waves that raised the prices of basic commodities and raw materials in international markets, while the second factor is reflected in the rising operational needs and essential supplies required by factories and local productive sectors to sustain the development process and meet growing demand in the domestic market.
These numerical developments place the issue of deepening national industry and localizing alternative inputs at the forefront of the government’s economic agenda priorities, with the aim of rationalizing the import bill, easing pressure on the state’s foreign currency resources, and enhancing the competitiveness efficiency of productive sectors during the coming period.
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