# United Kingdom exports to Egypt: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, United Kingdom reported $1.9B in goods exports to Egypt. The overall review level is High 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 | $1.9B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 58.5% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 4 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 61 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 20% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.s. in heading no. 7204 | $1.4B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 880510 | Aircraft launching gear, deck-arrestor or similar gear and parts thereof | $1.0B | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $197.3M | 20.4% | Watch |
| 4 | 070110 | Vegetables: seed potatoes, fresh or chilled | $157.9M | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $1.9B | 4.8% | Stable |
| 6 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $286.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $1.2B | 35.4% | Watch |
| 8 | 300310 | Medicaments: containing penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not in measured doses, not packaged for retail sale) | $44.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 382483 | Mixtures and preparations containing tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate | $28.0M | 15.5% | High attention |
| 10 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $50.7M | 61.2% | Critical 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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