Overview
- Trade flows have accelerated recently with Argentina sending large volumes of maize to Egypt and Egyptian ports such as Alexandria receiving frequent shipments.
- Argentina’s exports to Egypt are driven mainly by maize used in poultry and livestock feed and account for the largest share of bilateral agricultural trade.
- Egypt supplies targeted imports to Argentina, notably urea and other nitrogenous fertilizers that Argentine growers use to maintain crop productivity.
- The relationship is structurally asymmetric because Argentina’s agro exports to Egypt are worth many times more than Argentine imports from Egypt, creating mutual but uneven dependence.
- The partnership builds on long-term ties that include port coordination, Mercosur-related trade facilitation and past scientific cooperation such as INVAP’s 1990s reactor project, which broaden the relationship beyond commodity trade.