Egypt recorded its sharpest decline in the trade deficit and its strongest growth in non-oil exports in a decade during the first ten months of 2025.

Egyptian Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib and the UAE Minister of Foreign Trade Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi held high-level talks aimed at boosting trade and investment ties and advancing cooperation across priority sectors.

Egypt and Sudan agreed on a broad package of executive measures to deepen economic integration and increase bilateral trade.

Egypt and Japan have signed an executive agreement for a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) grant worth $22 million to finance the construction and supply of the first diving support vessel for the Suez Canal Authority’s (SCA) fleet

Egypt and Djibouti have signed a series of cooperation agreements covering port development, renewable energy, and logistics during an official visit by Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel El-Wazir, to the Republic of Djibouti.

Egypt signed contracts to establish three new industrial projects in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) with total investments of $1.15 billion, a move expected to create around 5,400 direct job opportunities.

Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib held a virtual meeting with Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy of South Korea Yeo Han-koo to discuss trade and investment relations and ongoing economic cooperation between the two countries.

Egypt has signed an agreement to manage and operate the historic Continental Hotel in downtown Cairo under the global Indian brand TAJ.

Egyptian Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib met with the Ambassador of Belarus to Cairo Evgeny Sobolevsky to discuss ways to enhance trade and investment relations between the two countries.

DHL Express signed a strategic cooperation agreement with YANMU Logistics, a subsidiary of Hassan Allam Group, to establish a new state-of-the-art service center in the East Cairo Logistics Park (ECLP) on Suez Road.

Egypt and Cyprus are pressing ahead with efforts to deepen strategic cooperation in the energy sector, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi said during a meeting with Polly Ioannou, Ambassador of Cyprus to Cairo.

Bilateral trade between Egypt and Morocco has grown in recent years, reaching about $1.1 billion in 2024 and $897 million between January and October 2025, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib announced.

Egypt and China opened the comprehensive strategic partnership forum in Cairo, bringing together senior officials, experts, thinkers, and business leaders from both countries.

The Chairman of the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) Waleid Gamal El-Dien concluded a roadshow in the US with a series of meetings to strengthen cooperation with American institutions and companies and encourage new investments in targeted sectors within the zone.

Egypt is examining broader opportunities for its petroleum and engineering companies to participate in Saudi Arabia’s NEOM project, following an official visit by Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi to the Kingdom.

The Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Competition Protection Commission of the Republic of Armenia (CPC Armenia) to expand cooperation in competition law enforcement and policy.

Egypt and Bulgaria inked a protocol to strengthen cooperation in 19 economic, technical, and development sectors during the meetings of the Egyptian-Bulgarian Joint Committee for Economic, Scientific, and Technical Cooperation, held in the New Capital, as per a statement.

The General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) hosted the fourth meeting of the Egyptian-Tunisian Technical Committee for Investment Cooperation over three days, continuing efforts to activate the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries in May 2022, as per a statement.

The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Emirati company ONIP Trading, reinforcing Egyptian-Emirati cooperation in defense manufacturing, as per a statement.

Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Alaa Farouk witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on scientific and research cooperation between the Agricultural Research Center and the Regional Academy of Natural Resources Sciences of Sichuan Province.