EGYPT · H1 2026
Egypt natural stone exports H1 2026: −13.8%
Egypt exported USD 131.8 m of natural stone in January–June 2026, −13.8% on H1 2025.
Published
−13.8%
export value, Jan–Jun 2026 vs Jan–Jun 2025
Export value fell
- USD 131.8 m exported, −13.8%
- Eighth of 8 countries on change in value
In the first half of 2026 (January–June), Egypt exported USD 131.8 million of natural stone, −13.8% on the same period of 2025 (USD 152.8 million).
USD 131.8 m
exported, January–June 2026
−13.8%
value on January–June 2025
Export value
- 2025152.8
- 2026131.8
This note does not use tonnes: Egypt does not declare the weight of most of its exports and UN Comtrade estimates it from one fixed world price per product, so those figures would not be the country's data.
Raw blocks and worked stone
Stone in the raw (HS 2514–2516: blocks and slabs as quarried) rose 16.0% in value. Worked stone (HS 6801–6803: paving, slabs, tiles, monuments) fell 14.4% in value. Raw stone made up 3% of the half-year's export value.
How Egypt compares
Of the eight countries with first-half 2026 data in the KEYSTONE. monthly bulletins, Egypt ranks eighth on change in value. Türkiye and China have no 2026 data yet, so the comparison leaves out two of the largest exporters. The side-by-side view is in Natural stone exports in the first half of 2026: eight countries.
In the dashboard
The Egypt monthly bulletin goes further: every month to June 2026, each destination, each stone type and each code.
Figures from UN Comtrade, in US dollars. The latest months are provisional and may still be revised.
Source: UN Comtrade, extracted 16-10-2026 · aggregated and converted by KEYSTONE. · The figures shown are KEYSTONE.'s processing, not official UN statistics.
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Free to quote with attribution and a link: KEYSTONE., «Egypt natural stone exports H1 2026: −13.8%», 12 October 2026, https://keystone-observatory.com/en/insights/egypt-natural-stone-exports-h1-2026