71073 v2 Egypt, Arab Rep.: Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 2007 GDP 2007 GDP 2007 Share 2007 Trade Membership No. of RTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $125,627 $1,667 0.27% $1,174 1970 1995 7 0 Egypt TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ MNA Ranking Decile TP Lower mid inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 64 6 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 58 5 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 114 7 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 97 7 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 3 1 TF IE ‡ Rankings are based on the "representative" indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year Outer bound represents best value in latest year TRADE POLICY (TP)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Trade Tariff Restrictiveness Index (MFN applied tariffs)& 13.2 6.7 5.6 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 5.6 5.6 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 25.6 25.6 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 29.9 46.8 18.3 17.0 * Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 4.4 6.5 7.8 8.4 * tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 3000.0 3000.0 3000.0 3000.0 * Agriculture - simple avg (%) 65.8 45.0 66.5 66.3 * Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 24.4 47.1 11.0 9.6 * duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 15.4 19.9 13.3 12.9 * MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 0.0 1.3 31.1 31.1 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 15.4 19.9 10.4 9.3 * Nontariff measures Agriculture 8.8 17.8 15.0 12.7 * Nonagriculture 17.8 20.9 9.5 8.7 * 0 10 20 30 40 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 73.6 .. MNA Lower mid inc Egypt Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) 10.8 23.4 22.9 * Agriculture .. 13.1 130.2 130.0 * Nonagriculture .. 11.5 10.7 9.8 * Import duties (% of imports) 13.5 9.2 4.3 3.6 * Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) 0.0 -9.0 18.3 19.7 * Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 99.1 99.2 99.3 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 2.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 * 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) .. 28.7 .. .. MNA Lower mid inc Egypt Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 10.9 10.9 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 3.9 3.3 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 13.8 13.5 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 3.7 4.5 2.3 2.0 * MFN duty free Agriculture 7.8 11.6 6.2 5.1 * (exports) Nonagriculture 3.2 3.5 1.7 1.6 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 33.0 28.5 45.0 39.6 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 12.4 53.3 51.7 50.4 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 90.5 81.1 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 2.7 2.6 * MNA Lower mid inc Egypt Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) .. .. .. .. ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used(noted by *). For more infor., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008. ŸMFN: most favored nation; NTM: nontariff measures; MA: market access; ROW: rest of the world; FTA: free trade agreement; CU: customs union; WTO: World Trade Organization GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WGI: World Government Indicators; ".." indicates missing value; RTA/EIA: regional trade arrangement / economic integration arrangement; & 2007 are preliminary estimates Egypt, Arab Rep. Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 125 114 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 55 41 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 152 41 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 128 151 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.26 -0.51 -0.44 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.03 -0.14 -0.13 .. MNA Lower mid inc Egypt WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.45 -0.54 -0.58 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.4 2.4 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.1 2.1 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.0 2.0 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Logistics competence .. .. 2.4 2.4 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.6 2.6 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 21 24 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 7 6 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 24 20 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 914 737 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 8 6 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 24 15 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 942 823 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 47.4 45.4 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 5.8 17.3 42.2 54.7 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 5.8 2.5 .. .. MNA Lower mid inc Egypt Internet usage (per 100 people) 0.1 2.8 8.8 11.4 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 82.5 86.9 .. .. * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 3.7 4.2 21.7 31.5 35 31.5 30 Exports 3.7 7.7 18.6 24.3 25 21.7 Imports 3.8 1.6 18.2 37.3 20 Other trade outcome indicators 15 11.7 10 10.1 8.9 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 44.7 46.9 76.7 107.4 5 6.1 7.7 5.2 4.2 7.3 3.7 3.0 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 1.1 0.9 8.0 7.8 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) -0.3 -1.3 4.0 30.0 Trade Growth Rate Exports -1.3 2.7 1.9 26.5 Egypt MNA Lower mid inc Imports 0.6 -4.2 6.2 32.8 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 35.4 44.0 54.5 65.6 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 5.4 6.8 5.2 4.6 * Agric, Manufacturing 13.7 14.8 12.1 11.9 * 5.2 Manuf, Mining, fuel and others 16.2 22.4 36.9 39.6 * 12.1 Service share in total exports (%) 64.6 56.0 45.5 34.4 Service, Tourism 23.0 23.7 21.5 20.7 * 45.5 Transportation 19.6 16.3 15.2 15.0 * Other services 22.0 16.0 9.1 8.3 * Mining, Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 26.4 30.1 33.8 35.6 * 36.9 Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 24.2 23.7 24.1 24.8 * Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 62.8 61.0 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) ( 334) Heavy petroleum oils ( 343) Natural gas (333) Petroleum crude ( 042) Rice (342) Liquid petrochem extract ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used (noted by *). For more info., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008 ## Most outcome indicators (mostly through 2007) are from the WDI (World Bank, Data Group), UNCTAD or COMTRADE; for filling gaps and 2008, data from the Prospects Group are used.