General Organization for Export and Import Control

It is a service- provider organization that works to protect the consumer and preserve Egypt's reputation by examining commodity exports and imports with the latest scientific methods and equipment, as well as preparing statistics on exports and imports. The General Organization for Export and Import Control works with the sectors of the Ministry of Trade and Industry as a cooperating system whose main and primary goal is to facilitate the movement of trade, encourage Egyptian industries, develop exports of all kinds, and raise their competitive capabilities in all global markets to achieve progress and prosperity for the country and the Egyptian citizen. In accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 378 of 1999, the General organization for Export and Import Control is one of the bodies directly affiliated to the Minister of Trade and Industry.

Presidential Decree No. 1770 of 1970 establishing the General Organization for Export and Import Control (Download text of the resolution)

Chairman of the General Organization for Export Control

The Major General Engineer Staff of war/ Essam Al-Nagar, was born in 1965 and obtained a Bachelor of Military Sciences in 1987, a Bachelor of Engineering from Cairo University in 1995, a Master of Military Sciences and a senior War College fellow- Nasser Higher Military Academy, the Egyptian Defense Attaché in Tunisia.

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The organization performs the following activities:

1. Selective quality control over exports and imports.

   The organization is one of the state agencies as a service and executive body that specializes in quality control over exports and imports of industrial goods, and the issuance of certificates of origin and commercial registrations.

2. Issuance of the following records:

   • Register of Exporters
   • importers record
   • Register of commercial agents
   • Register of scientific and consultancy offices
   • Register import cards for production requirements for factories

3. Issuance of certificates of origin for Egyptian-originating products and that acquired Egyptian-origin status. :

   GOEIC issues certificates of origin and movements for exports of Egyptian origin goods or that acquired the Egyptian origin exported to the countries that concluded bilateral, regional or multilateral trade agreements with Egypt under which Egypt enjoys preferential treatment, except for what is mentioned in a special provision in any of these agreements.

    

The organization performs the aforementioned activities within the framework of the following legislations:

• Law 118 of 1975 regarding import and export and the list of rules implementing its provisions issued by Ministerial Resolution No. 770 of 2005.
• Law 121 of 1982 regarding importers' register and its executive regulations issued by Ministerial Resolution No. 362 of 2005.
• Law No. 120 of 1982 regarding registration in the Register of Commercial Agents and Brokers and its Executive Regulations    issued by Ministerial Resolution No. 342 of 1982
•  Law 155 of 2002 regarding export development. .
•   Prime Minister's Decision 1186 of 2003
• Law No. 7 of 2017 amending some provisions of Law 121 of 1982 regarding the importers registry
• Decree of the Minister of Commerce and Industry No. 846 of 2017 - the executive regulations of Law No. 121 of 1982 regarding the importers register.