# China exports to Egypt: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from China to Egypt, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CHN-EGY/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, China reported $13.6B in goods exports to Egypt. The overall review level is Critical attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $13.6B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 91.3% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 49 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 562 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.3 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 18.8% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $769.8M | 50.8% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $605.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $1.0B | 17.6% | High attention |
| 4 | 291736 | Acids: aromatic polycarboxylic acids: terephthalic acid and its salts | $270.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 540246 | Yarn, synthetic: filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), of polyesters (not high tenacity or textured), partially oriented, single, untwisted or twisted 50 turns or less per metre, not for retail sale, not sewing thread | $253.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 540752 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | $228.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 850231 | Electric generating sets: wind-powered, (excluding those with spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines) | $192.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 842619 | Cranes: transporter, gantry and bridge cranes | $171.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 540233 | Yarn, synthetic: filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), textured, of polyesters, not for retail sale, not sewing thread | $222.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 540247 | Yarn, synthetic: filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), polyesters (not high tenacity or textured), not partially oriented, single, untwisted or twisted 50 turns or less per metre, not for retail sale, not sewing thread | $180.6M | 0% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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