Cotton lint — Import Quantity in Egypt
Egypt: Cotton lint — Import Quantity was 70,866 t in 2013. ◆ Volatile
Cotton lint — Import Quantity in Egypt, 1961–2013
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cotton lint — import quantity in Egypt is 70,866 t, measured in 2013.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 318.9% on the previous year and up 753.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint — import quantity in Egypt peaked at 82,178 t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 12th of 148 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cotton lint — Import Quantity in Egypt, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 0 t | — |
| 1976 | 0 t | — |
| 1977 | 23,870 t | — |
| 1978 | 6,400 t | -73.2% |
| 1979 | 19,504 t | +204.8% |
| 1980 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 1981 | 0 t | — |
| 1982 | 0 t | — |
| 1983 | 0 t | — |
| 1984 | 0 t | — |
| 1985 | 29,000 t | — |
| 1986 | 21,000 t | -27.6% |
| 1987 | 14,000 t | -33.3% |
| 1988 | 19,000 t | +35.7% |
| 1989 | 34,000 t | +78.9% |
| 1990 | 60,000 t | +76.5% |
| 1991 | 62,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 18,805 t | -69.7% |
| 1993 | 10,097 t | -46.3% |
| 1994 | 5,000 t | -50.5% |
| 1995 | 30,555 t | +511.1% |
| 1996 | 36,076 t | +18.1% |
| 1997 | 6,500 t | -82.0% |
| 1998 | 500 t | -92.3% |
| 1999 | 4,899 t | +879.8% |
| 2000 | 8,060 t | +64.5% |
| 2001 | 22,993 t | +185.3% |
| 2002 | 2,074 t | -91.0% |
| 2003 | 8,302 t | +300.3% |
| 2004 | 82,178 t | +889.9% |
| 2005 | 21,121 t | -74.3% |
| 2006 | 39,776 t | +88.3% |
| 2007 | 22,739 t | -42.8% |
| 2008 | 74,164 t | +226.2% |
| 2009 | 41,263 t | -44.4% |
| 2010 | 45,422 t | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 43,649 t | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 16,919 t | -61.2% |
| 2013 | 70,866 t | +318.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 70,866 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 100 t, 708.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 70,866 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 382 t, 185.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cotton lint — Import Quantity in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +889.9% | 8,302 t | 82,178 t |
| 1999 | +879.8% | 500 t | 4,899 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,977 t | 0 t | 23,870 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,700 t | 0 t | 34,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,443 t | 500 t | 62,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,267 t | 2,074 t | 82,178 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,214 t | 16,919 t | 70,866 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 9 China, Taiwan Province of 206,225 t compare
- 10 India 172,387 t compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 5 t compare
- 11 Malaysia 112,302 t compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 0 t compare
- 11 Polynesia 0 t compare
- 13 Japan 69,165 t compare
- 14 Russian Federation 66,511 t compare
- 15 Czechoslovakia 60,085 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton lint — import quantity in Egypt?
- Cotton lint — import quantity in Egypt was 70,866 t in 2013, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint — import quantity recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 82,178 t in 2004.
- What is the lowest cotton lint — import quantity recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for cotton lint — import quantity?
- Egypt ranks 12th out of 148 countries with data for 2013.
- Is cotton lint — import quantity rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 753.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton lint — Import Quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 53 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
Food Balance Sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per caput food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.