The EU-Egypt Association Agreement

The EU-Egypt Association Agreement is in force since 2004. It creates a free-trade area between the EU and Egypt by removing tariffs on industrial products and making agricultural products easier to trade.

Another agreement on agricultural, processed agricultural and fisheries products entered into force on 1 June 2010.

The EU and Egypt began talks about a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement in June 2013. Negotiations on trade in services are currently on hold.

Trade picture

• The Association Agreement improved trade conditions between the EU and Egypt. EU-Egypt trade has more than doubled from €11.8 billion in 2004 to €27.9 billion in 2017.
• The EU is both Egypt's biggest import and export partner, covering 29.7% of Egypt's trade volume in 2017.
• The EU's main imports of goods from Egypt in 2017 were fuel and mining products (€3.2 billion), chemicals (€1.3 billion), and textiles and clothing (€8.6 billion).
• The EU's main exports to Egypt are machinery and transport equipment (€6.9 billion), chemicals (€3.1 billion), fuels and mining products (€2.6 billion) and agricultural products (€1.3 billion).
• The EU's main service exports to Egypt are business services, while EU imports from Egypt consist mainly of travel services and transport.
• In 2016 the EU exported €4.2 billion of services to Egypt and imported €4.4 billion services from Egypt.

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