Buy local vs import · Egypt
Importing to the Egypt: is it actually cheaper?
We haven't priced individual products for Egypt yet — but the checker works on any Egypt product link right now: paste one and we read its price, match our US price of record, and do the landed-cost math below. Here's how importing to Egypt works.
How importing to the Egypt works
- Import VAT
- 14% on the US price + shipping (CIF), above a ٠ ج.م. de-minimis threshold.
- Duty
- 40% — Highly item-dependent. ~5% is the common rate for general consumer electronics (cameras, headphones, accessories). Laptops/computers are effectively 0% (Egypt is a WTO ITA participant). Smartphones are the major exception: since 2025 imported mobile phones carry roughly a 38.5% effective tax load under the "Egypt Makes Electronics" initiative (the passenger duty-free exemption ended 21 Jan 2026). All of this is layered with 14% VAT plus a development/service fee (~1-5% of CIF).
- Forwarding
- Stackry, from the US — about 5-12 days.
- FX
- E£55.2/USD mid-market + 3% card spread, as of 2026-10-23. Rates By Exchange Rate API
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