According to a new report from the Apparel Export Council of Egypt, and insights from the Egyptian Ready-to-Wear Export Council, garment exports will continue to surge, generating $4.4 billion in revenue in 2026.
The Apparel Export Council’s report noted that ready-made garment exports reached $2.8 billion in the first 10 months of 2025, a 22 percent bump from $2.3 billion during the same period in 2024. The sector’s largest spike came in February 2025, with exports increasing by more than 30 percent, and October 2025 logged a 10 percent year-on-year increase to $282 million from $257 million from the same period a year before.
Apparel Export Council chairperson Fadel Marzouk said that Egyptian factories account for 63 percent of the country’s total garment exports, attributed to robust growth and the support of government entities such as the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Investment.
The United States is Egypt’s top export destination, followed by the European Union, Turkey and several Arab countries. Exports to the U.S. grew by 10 percent last year to $1.08 billion, while those to Turkey soared 71 percent to $321 million, and Saudi Arabia more than doubled to $304 million. The E.U. saw a 34 percent increase to $717 million in exports.
Marzouk-who also chairs the Egyptian Ready-to-Wear Export Council-said he believes the ready-made garment sector can reach $4.4 billion in exports by 2026, representing a growth of around 22 percent over last year. He said that the start of new industrial projects in 2025 by Chinese and Turkish investors will help boost production capacity and export volumes in Egypt’s garment sector. “The impact of the projects approved in 2025 will begin to be felt from 2026 to 2027,” he said.
Among those projects is an integrated textile and apparel complex in the West Qantara industrial zone backed by Chinese group Zhejiang Jasan, which signed an agreement with the general authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone. Additional projects have been announced, such as a $130 million investment by Chinese companies Everfar Textile Egypt, Changzhou Kingcason Printing & Deying Co. ($24.5 million investment) and Shanghai Honour Home Textile, as well as a $120 million project with Orağlu of Turkey.
Egypt’s garment industry growth figures into the country’s push to expand the overall textile industry. The nation looks to increase annual textile export revenues to $11.5 billion by 2030, nearly four times Egypt’s 2024 revenue of $2.8 billion.
