Embassy of India

Cairo, Egypt

Embassy of India
Cairo
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Outflow of Investments from India

Indian companies invested around US$ 33 billion globally in the first seven months of 2025. Averaging at around US$ 4.70 billion per month, Indian companies are aggressively investing in greenfield projects, brownfield projects and Joint Ventures with foreign partners, abroad. As per data published by Department of Economic Affairs (Government of India), the top destinations of investments outflow from India were Singapore, Mauritius, United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Netherlands.

2. Over 500 Indian companies are registered in Egypt, of which around 50 are active in various sectors with a combined investment exceeding US$ 4.50 billion. Some Indian investments in Egypt include TCI Sanmar (with a value of US$ 1.6 billion), Alexandria Carbon Black, Dabur, Galaxy Chemicals, Egypt Global Silicates, Flex P Films, Misr Hytech Seeds, SCIB Paints, Brittania, Monginis, Embee garments and Velocity Jeans among others. 
   
   
3. TCI Sanmar, an Indian company needs special mention as it is the single largest investment in manufacturing sector by any company from any country in Egypt. They are the largest producer of caustic soda in Africa and Gulf. Indian companies are manufacturing in Egypt in a range of sectors like apparel, agriculture, chemicals, energy, automobiles, retail and others. Overall, these companies provide direct and indirect employment to approximately 48,000 Egyptians and account for over US$ 1 billion in exports every year.
   
   
4. Four Indian companies have invested in Egypt in FY 2024-25 with combined investments of US$ 175 million. These include Flex P. Films (packaging), ADBOS (FMCG manufacturing), EKC Cylinders, Platinum Stabilisers (polymer). 
   
   
5. Recently, an Indian company Willow Ferro became the first company to invest in Sinai (East Ismailia Free Zone under SCZone). With an investments commitment of USD 75 million to produce ferro silicon, ferro manganese and silico manganese, their annual production would lead to import substitution of around USD 75 million per year for Egypt. 
   
   
6. In pharmaceuticals sector, three Indian investments amounting to around USD 100 million are committed in manufacturing of oncology pharmaceuticals & biosimilar and medical instruments. Similarly, investments in Green Hydrogen production by two Indian companies amounting to USD 12 billion is expected. 

7. India's outbound investments have evolved not only in terms of volume but also in terms of geographic distribution and sectoral makeup. In FY 24-25, these investments surged by 75% to US$ 30 billion, reflecting a wider shift in both regional presence and industry focus. Egypt could be an important destination for investments by Indian companies. It offers talented human resource, excellent logistics infrastructure, inputs at competitive prices, access to markets of over 70 FTA partner countries, a stable polity and economy. Indian companies which are already present in Egypt are optimistic about the investment landscape and have plans for expansion. However, Egypt faces strong competition from its peers in GCC who are also competing to attract investments in manufacturing sector. A closer cooperation between New Delhi and Cairo and extensive reach-outs by Egyptian Investments Promotion Agencies in India would surely attract more investments. 
   
   

June 5 bn
july 3.5 bn
mar 5.80 bn
apr 6.8 bn
may 2.8 bn
jan 3.7
feb 5.35