• Which oil is imported by Egypt?
  • It is clear that palm oil is the major oil imported by Egypt whereby it represents about 60% of total imported oils in 2018 while the quantity imported from corn oil is the least being about 3% in the same year. Palm oil is imported from Indonesia and Malaysia after being refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD).
  • Where does Egypt import palm oil?
  • Egypt imports Palm Oil primarily from: Indonesia ($1.04B), Malaysia ($196M), Sweden ($1.09M), China ($406k), and Brazil ($59.9k). The fastest growing import markets in Palm Oil for Egypt between 2020 and 2021 were Indonesia ($402M), Malaysia ($106M), and China ($278k).
  • How much palm oil does Egypt export in 2021?
  • In 2021, Egypt exported $38.9M in Palm Oil. The main destinations of Egypt exports on Palm Oil were Syria ($12M), Jordan ($8.83M), Lebanon ($8.27M), Sudan ($1.62M), and Palestine ($1.57M). In 2021, Egypt imported $1.24B in Palm Oil, mainly from Indonesia ($1.04B), Malaysia ($196M), Sweden ($1.09M), China ($406k), and Brazil ($59.9k).
  • Where does palm oil come from?
  • Palm oil is imported from Indonesia and Malaysia after being refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD). The amount of palm oil imported from Indonesia represents 96% of total imported palm oil.
  • How has the production of cottonseed oil changed in Egypt?
  • According to that Figure, it is quite clear that the production of cottonseed oil in Egypt has been decreased greatly over the years from 1969 whereby it was 125 thousand tons oil in 1969 to 10 thousand tons only in 2019. 2.
  • How much oil does Egypt eat a year?
  • Currently, Egypt consumes about 2.5 million tons of edible oils annually. Only, about 48.5 thousand tons of this quantity is produced by oilseed extraction in local extraction plants. About half of this quantity is produced mainly from cottonseed produced as a byproduct of cotton ginning industry.