2025 Annual Caseload Report at a glance:
The total number of cases filed before CRCICA until 31 December 2025 reached 1844 cases. In 2025, 97 new cases were filed, compared to 76 in 2024, breaking the record previously set in 2016 with 91 cases.
Of the 97 cases filed this year, 1 was filed under CRCICA’s Expedited Arbitration Rules, 10 related to ad hoc proceedings, representing 10% of cases, and 23 cases included multiple parties, representing 24% of cases. The Centre also registered and successfully concluded its first Urgent Application under the Emergency Arbitrator Rules.
Further, 4 mediations were referred to the Centre in 2025 compared to 3 in 2024. The Centre also registered 1 dispute board case in 2025, compared to 1 dispute board case in 2024.
The Centre’s caseload during 2025 involved disputes relating to a variety of sectors, including: Retail, Construction, Real Estate Development, Corporate, Banking & Finance, International Sale of Goods, IT, Oil & Gas, Textile, Legal Services, Manufacturing, Sports, and Healthcare.
CHART – SECTOR
As in 2025, disputes arising from the Retail sector just barely ranked in first place with 19.5% of cases, closely followed by Construction disputes, with 18.5% of cases. Real Estate Development disputes came in third with 11% of cases, followed by Corporate disputes with 9% of cases. Disputes arising from Banking & Finance, International Sale of Goods, Information Technology, the Oil & Gas sector, and the Textile industry tied for fifth place, representing 4% of cases each.
CHART – NATIONALITIES OF NON-EGYPTIAN PARTIES
The parties to disputes registered in 2025 included 37 Non-Egyptian parties, compared to 28 in 2024. Parties from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia came in at the top of non-Egyptian parties referring their disputes to the Centre, with 5 parties each, followed by parties from Nigeria, with 4 parties.
There were also parties Austria, Canada, the Cayman Islands, China, Cyprus, France, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Türkiye, and the United States of America.
It is worth noting that these figures do not include Egyptian companies owned or ultimately controlled by non-Egyptian shareholders.
CHART – NON-EGYPTIAN ARBITRATORS
The year 2025 witnessed the appointment of 170 arbitrators, compared to 151 arbitrators in 2024, including 16 Non-Egyptian arbitrators, representing 9.5% of appointments, with the number of arbitrators with British and Lebanese coming at the top, followed by arbitrators coming from Canada. There were also appointments of arbitrators from Armenia, Bahrain, Belgium, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Nigeria, Russia, and Syria.
In 2017, the CRCICA signed the Pledge for Equal Representation in Arbitration, according to which the CRCICA, having due regard to the circumstances of the relevant case, implemented a gender diversity policy when acting as an appointing authority in addition to its implementation of a regional and age diversity policy where appropriate.
CHART – GENDER & AGE DIVERSITY
During 2025, 10 female arbitrators were appointed, representing 6% of appointments, compared to 5 female arbitrators appointed in 2024, representing 3% of appointments that year. Moreover, 12 arbitrators under 40 were appointed in 2024, representing 7% of appointments, compared to 17 arbitrators under 40 appointed in 2023, representing 11% of appointments that year.
These numbers and percentages, though both still modest, show a tendency to increase under 40 appointments by the CRCICA as well as by parties and co-arbitrators.
Of the 170 arbitrators appointed in 2025, only 32 were appointed by the Centre, representing 19% of all appointments. In exercising its power as appointing authority, the Centre took the opportunity to appoint 7 non-Egyptian arbitrators (22%), as well as 5 female arbitrators (16%) and 7 arbitrators under 40 (22%).
CHART – LANGUAGE OF PROCEEDINGS
In 2025, 78 arbitration cases were conducted in Arabic, (i.e. 80%), whereas 19 cases, (i.e. 20%) were conducted in English.
CHART – SUM IN DISPUTE
During 2025, cases where the sum in dispute does not exceed USD 1million constituted over half of the Centre’s caseload. These were followed by cases where the sum in dispute ranges between USD 1 million and USD 3 million and then cases where the sum in dispute ranges between USD 2 million and USD 3 million. The Centre also registered a case with a sum in dispute exceeding USD 1 billion, for the first time since 2019.
The average value of the sum in dispute in cases registered in 2025 amounted to USD 14,627,972, representing a near 360% increase from the average sum in dispute in 2024, which amounted to USD 3,143,454.
The total sum in dispute during 2025 reached USD 1,418,913,272, representing an increase of over 400% from the total sum in dispute during 2024, which amounted to USD 238,902,561.
HEARINGS IN 2025:
Throughout this year, 162 hearings took place using CRCICA’s hearing facilities. 128 of the hearings related to cases brought under the CRCICA Arbitration Rules, 16 hearings related to ad hoc cases administered by CRCICA, 13 hearings related to non-CRCICA proceedings, including Kenyan and Russian non-CRCICA administered ad hoc proceedings, and 5 hearings related to mediation processes.
CHART – TYPES OF CASES IN HEARINGS
Of the 162 hearings that took place using CRCICA’s hearing facilities, 9 were held remotely, representing 6% of hearings, up from 3% in 2024, 18 hearings were held in a hybrid format, representing 11% of hearings, up from 7% of hearings in2024, and 135 hearings were held physically, representing 83% of the hearings.
CHART – TYPES OF HEARINGS
