2024年第三季度,埃及的经常账户赤字从去年同期的28.1亿美元增至59.1亿美元。大幅增长主要是由于贸易逆差的增加,从2023年第三季度的79.4亿美元飙升至140.6亿美元。此外,服务盈余从52.0亿美元降至40.5亿美元,主要原因是苏伊士运河过境收入暴跌61.2%。与此同时,投资收入赤字从45.9亿美元略微降至42.6亿美元。然而,苏伊士运河收入的下降被汇款的增加部分抵消,汇款从2023年7月至9月季度的45亿美元几乎翻了一番,达到83亿美元。另一方面,旅游收入从45亿美元攀升至48亿美元,而外国直接投资净流入从23亿美元增至27亿美元。
Egypt’s current account deficit increased to $5.91 billion in Q3 2024, up from $2.81 billion in the same period last year. The sharp increase was primarily driven by a rise in the trade deficit, which surged to $14.06 billion from $7.94 billion in Q3 of 2023. Additionally, the services surplus declined to $4.05 billion from $5.20 billion, due mainly to a 61.2% plunge in Suez Canal transit revenues. Meanwhile, the investment income deficit fell slightly to $4.26 billion from $4.59 billion. However, the decline in Suez Canal revenues was partially offset by higher remittances, which nearly doubled to $8.3 billion from $4.5 billion in the July-September 2023 quarter. On the other hand, tourism revenues climbed to $4.8 billion from $4.5 billion, while net foreign direct investment inflows rose to $2.7 billion from $2.3 billion.