GOEIC – General Organization of Export and Import Control, require that all producers, manufacturers, exporters register their products and issue a certificate of inspection ( COI ) – by an approved GOEIC partner to access the Egyptian markets & pass the Egyptian custom, all regulated products were listed in the ministerial decree No. 991/2015 – 992/2015 – 43/2016.
the ministerial decree state all products that are imported into Egypt must be accompanied by the CoI (Certificate of Inspection) during customs clearance to prove that the imported products comply with relevant Egyptian technical regulations and standards. decree 43/2016 state all regulated product that imported only from registered factories.
General Organization of Export and Import Control, nominate registered inspection and auditing companies that approved for pre-shipment inspection for product to help both Egypt importers and forging exporters to find the qualified inspection body.
Export2Gulf is a representative for various inspection bodies which is approved at GOEIC, their accreditation scope cover the following categories (Household Electric Appliances, Lighting Products. Clothes, Footwear. Home textile, Fabrics, Furniture, Toys, Tableware, and kitchenware)
In order to protect local consumers from substandard products, Egypt began to implement the NFSA Product Conformity Assessment Program (PCA) on December 1, 2020. Food and food contact material products under the control of the NFSA authority require A CoI (Certificates of Inspection) is attached to the customs clearance.
to help you understand the latest regulatory trends in time and help your products enter the Egyptian market smoothly. You can talk to our staff and provide us with the relevant product information and the HS-CODE to help you and confirm whether the goods are under the control of the NFSA authority or not.
According to the NFSA 2/2020 Decree, the reference of controlled products is as follows:
- Milk and dairy products
- fruit (salted and dried fruit)
- oils and fats
- Candy
- Juice
- chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
- Wheat
- Food contact materials
- Water (including natural or artificial mineral water, sparkling water, etc.)