When your usual supply is slow, costly or uncertain, you need a second origin you can rely on. For buyers in Africa and the Gulf, Egypt deserves a serious look. Here is why.
Suez, Sokhna and Alexandria put the Gulf and East Africa days away, not weeks. West Africa still transships via the Mediterranean today — we say so, and quote the real transit.
Source: Suez Canal Authority; published liner schedules. Transit is quoted per route.
Trade agreements are lowering duties on Egyptian-origin goods: AfCFTA is phasing tariffs down to zero into African markets, COMESA covers the east, and most goods enter the GCC duty-free under the Arab free-trade area. We confirm the duty for your product line before we quote.
Source: AfCFTA tariff schedules; COMESA Free Trade Area; Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA).
Egyptian factories already supply demanding markets in Europe and the United States. The same production lines, and the same standards, can work for you.
Source: Eurostat and US Census Bureau trade data.
Competitive energy and labour costs, and local raw materials for many industries.
Source: ILO wage statistics; CAPMAS industrial statistics.
One origin covers many industries — building materials, food, chemicals, plastics, textiles, electrical goods and more.
Source: ITC Trade Map; CAPMAS export statistics.
Arabic for the Gulf, French for West Africa, English everywhere — and the same working day as your office.
Egypt runs on UTC+2 (UTC+3 in summer).
Duty treatment depends on the product and its rules of origin. We confirm it for each product line before we quote.
One message is enough — tell us what you source, we'll match you to verified Egyptian supply.
Tell us what you source — free