Could Egypt be the next garment producing hub by 2035?

In the first four months of 2025, Egypt’s readymade garment (RMG) exports reached the milestone of crossing the 1 billion US dollar mark. After food and beverages, the textile and garment industry is the second-largest industrial sector in Egypt today. In 2024, the country’s textile exports grew by almost one fifth (18 percent) to 2.84 billion US dollars (800 million generated by denim exports), driven by demand in markets such as Europe, USA and Africa. According to modernisation plans by the Egyptian government, that number is to reach an ambitious 12 billion US dollars by 2031.