Aboulmakarem: Egyptian Exports to India Grow by 28% in 2025
Engineer Khaled Aboulmakarem, Head of the Egyptian Side of the Egyptian–Indian Business Council, announced that Egypt’s non-oil exports to India recorded a 28% growth in 2025, reaching USD 706 million, compared to USD 552 million in 2024.
The announcement came during an expanded meeting of the Egyptian–Indian Business Council, attended by Indian Ambassador to Cairo Suresh Reddy, Indian Commercial Attaché Rav Pravin, along with senior industry leaders and exporters. The meeting focused on strengthening trade and industrial cooperation between the two countries, particularly in the plastics, chemicals, fertilizers, and related machinery sectors.
Aboulmakarem emphasized that the meeting reflected a new phase in bilateral relations, shifting from merely increasing trade volumes toward deepening industrial partnerships and technology localization.
He explained that export growth was driven by several key sectors, most notably:
Chemicals and fertilizers, which recorded a 176% growth, with exports reaching USD 224 million
Printing and packaging, achieving a remarkable 350% increase
Engineering and electronics industries, growing by 112% to USD 9 million
Plastics and rubber, which grew by 6%, reaching USD 65 million
Aboulmakarem noted that Egypt’s imports from India reached USD 3.5 billion in 2025, up 9%, stressing that the Council is working to narrow the trade gap through joint manufacturing and attracting Indian investments. He added that more than 60 Indian companies currently operate in Egypt across various sectors.