Egypt's important exports are

Egypt's exports amount to only 5% of the country's GDP, or about $50 or so per capita, which is relatively low compared to the level of the average country in the world

. Crude oil and its manufactured products account for nearly half of Egypt's total exports,

with cotton, textiles, agricultural products, aluminum, steel and others making up the rest. In terms of total exports, Egypt's top 10 annual exports

are: crude oil and its manufactured products, cotton, ceramic products, non-knitted garments, other textile

manufactured products, aluminum and its products, steel, knitted garments, grains, and vegetables, in order.

Egypt's top 15 imports for the year were, in order of importance:

Products of refined oil, wheat, corn, timber, construction machinery, natural gas, frozen beef, vehicle parts, packaged pharmaceuticals,

soybean dregs cake, communications equipment, other iron and steel products, polyethylene, tobacco, and cast-iron parts.