Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Trade and Industry General Organization for Export and Import Control

Eng.Essam El-Naggar, Chairman of (GOEIC), welcomes Pilot Mamdouh Ghoneim the Vice President of the Cairo Air Port Company. and representatives of Changi Airports Singapore MR: Lau Ban Kiong - Managing Director MR: Teo Chin Leong - Director Consultancy The delegation accompanying them and a number of the leaders of (GOEIC). This meeting comes within the framework of signing an agreement between Cairo Air Port Company and Changi Airports Singapore for the purpose of providing feasibility studies for the operation of the Logistics Cargo City. During the meeting, Eng. Essam Al-Naggar, Chairman of (GOEIC), reviewed the regulatory role of (GOEIC) and the capabilities of its locally and internationally accredited laboratories, issuing certificates of origin, commercial registrations, and foreign trade data. He explained that (GOEIC) is responsible for examining industrial and non-industrial goods, with the exception of food and medicine. He also referred to the application of a risk system for (GOEIC) to miti

Previous Next GOEIC has a unique system of laboratories throughout the Arab Republic of Egypt to maintain control over quality and safety of food commodities, and food laboratories in GOEIC are among the first Egyptian laboratories that sought international accreditation and they were internationally accredited in 2004 by internationally recognized organizations, (such as A2LA, NLAB, DAP, EGAC, etc.) in accordance with ISO / IEC 17025. GOEIC laboratories always maintain the international accreditation with constant improvement, by developing PT programs, and increasing its areas of accreditation till the present. Laboratories are also subject to annual inspection and auditing by the Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC), to ensure that the requirements of Standard 17025/2017 are met and to check the efficiency of the quality system for all methods of analysis adopted by laboratories. GOEIC has 60 internationally-accredited tests developed by EGAC, and laboratories accreditation certifica

Service purpose: It is permissible to engage in export or re-export for the purpose of trading, except for those whose name is registered in the register of exporters, in accordance with Regulation 770 /2005. Registration is made in the Exporters Register in accordance with Law 118 /1975 and Regulation 770 / 2005. Place of service Branches: Marouf–6th of October - Alexandria - Port Said - Suez - Damietta - Office of the Investors Services Complex in the General Investment Authority Links and documents for registration or re-registration in the register of exporters: First, individual establishments A - Conditions for registration and re-registration of individual establishments The establishment must be registered in the commercial register In the case of productive projects, the capital registered in the commercial register shall be no less than ten thousand pounds, and in the case of other projects, it shall not be less than twenty-five thousand pounds. If the establishment is not sub

Service purpose It is not permissible to practice commercial agency business except after being registered at the General organization for export and import control (GOEIC) in accordance with Law 120 of 1982. The Tax Authority has issued a circular No. 2 of 2020 regarding obligating the financiers of advertising and advertising agents to submit evidence of their registration in the commercial agent's registry at GOEIC. Before obtaining or renewing the commercial register, a letter must be obtained from the commercial agents register at the authority stating that the facility has been temporarily registered in the advertising and advertising agents register until the issuance of the commercial register. Place of service Authority branches in Maarouf - Sixth of October - Tenth of Ramadan - Alexandria - Port Said - Damietta - Suez - Sharkia - Menoufia - Ismailia – Al Arish - Investors Services Complex in the Investment Authority Chambers of Commerce (Alexandria - Kafr El Sheikh - Tanta - Damanh

Service description It is not permissible to extract the commercial register and engage in real estate brokerage work except after being registered in the register of real estate brokers in accordance with Law 82/120. The Tax Authority issued circular No. 2 of 2020 regarding the obligation of real estate brokerage financiers to submit evidence of their registration in the real estate brokers registry in the authority Before obtaining or renewing the commercial register, a letter must be obtained from the register of real estate brokers at the authority stating that the facility has been temporarily registered in the register of real estate brokers until the commercial register is extracted Place of service GOEIC branches in Maarouf - Sixth of October - Tenth of Ramadan - Alexandria - Port Said - Damietta - Suez - Sharkia - Menoufia - Ismailia - Arish - Tanta - Investors Services Complex in the Authority Real estate chambers (Alexandria - Kafr El Sheikh - Tanta - Damanhour - Sohag - Arish) Condi

Service purpose: Registration, renewal and modification of production or service activities that import their needs for the purpose of commodity production or provision of services in accordance with Regulation 2005/770 Place of service Branches: MAROUF - Alexandria - Damietta - Sixth of October Conditions and documents for registration and re-registration / renewal / modification in the production register. Among the production or service activities that have been recorded in the production requirements register are the following: industrial production activity Packaging activity (for those who have an industrial record) Packaging and export activity (for exporters who do not have an industrial registry and import packaging materials under the temporary permit system). The activity of producing civilian products in factories affiliated with the Ministry of Military Production. animal production activity plant production activity Agricultural and industrial production activity for co-o

Service description In order to save time and facilitate the course of procedures for commercial customers, this service allows them to submit Application for Renewal of Registration of Production Supplies for a New Period (five years), according to the period stated in document of activity, to GOEIC using the online portal and it aims at providing a mechanism for the process of submitting such application, which will save time spent on the service. Providers of Service General Department of Production Supplies Cards Place of Service The head office of GOEIC in Cairo and the affiliating branches (6th of October, Alexandria, Port Said, Damietta, Sharqia, Gharbia, Dakahlia, Asyut, Sohag and Aswan). Requirements of Service ·         The customer must have an active e-services account on the portal. ·         The procedure must be completed within 15 days as of the date of submitting the application through the p

Service description Modification or recording the registration data of establishments and companies registered in the Exporters Register in accordance with Law 118/1975 and Regulation 770/2005 Modification date GOEIC must be notified of any amendment to the commercial register or tax card within 60 days from the occurrence of the amendment. Types of modifications that do not affect the entry in the exporters’ register. Modify the trade name or trademark. Modify the responsible for export Modify the capital without being less than the minimum required according to the import and export regulations 770/2005. Modify the address of the headquarters within the same governorate. Modify of the legal entity without the expiration of the legal personality. Opening or limiting the export activity in the establishments subject to Law 159 / 1981 AD Adding or deleting an authorized agent in the individual property Entry or exit of a partner or modification of his capacity Modification the person who h

Service Description: Amending the registration data of individual establishments and companies in the Real Estate Brokers Register in accordance with Law 120/1982 Types of modifications: Modify the trade name or trademark Amending the head office address and amending the commercial registration number Amendment of the legal entity without the expiration of the legal personality Amending the tax number or tax office Adding or deleting an authorized agent in the individual properties Entry or exit of a partner or modification of his capacity in companies Amending who has the right to manage and sign Add or delete a manager Add or delete a branch Amending the capital without being less than the minimum required according to Law 120/1982 Place of service GOEIC branches in Maarouf - Sixth of October - Tenth of Ramadan - Alexandria - Port Said - Damietta - Suez - Sharkia - Menoufia - Ismailia - Arish - Tanta - Investors Services Complex in the Investment Authority Chambers of Commerce (Alexandr

       GOEIC has a large number of quality testing laboratories for industrial commodities to maintain control over quality and safety of industrial and engineering commodities according to Egyptian or international standard specifications.  Industrial laboratories testing of lots of imported industrial commodities according to Ministerial Resolution No. 770 of 2005, and testing of industrial commodities lots that the external customer requests to be tested according to the national and international standard specifications in fields of electrical commodities, spare parts of vehicles and equipment, chemicals, building materials, refractories and miscellaneous industrial commodities, in order to protect consumers and customers from commercial fraud or importing of commodities with quality that does not meet the terms of contractual imports and national and international standard specifications. These laboratories are located in various ports: Cairo Airport include

Service purpose: Renewal of registration data for establishments and companies registered in the Exporters Register in accordance with Law 118/1975 and Regulation 770/2005 Renewal date: An application for renewal of registration shall be submitted every five years from the date of registration or the last renewal The export card can be renewed 90 days before the card’s expiry date and for a year following the expiry date. Place of service: Branches : MAROUF – 6th of October - Alexandria - Port Said - Suez - Damietta - Office of the Investors Services Complex in the General Investment Authority Taking into account obtaining the service from the place where the file was opened for the first time upon registration Conditions for renewal of registration and documents required to renew the exporters register: First: the individual establishment A- Conditions for renewal of registration: No more than a year has passed since the expiry of the export card without renewing its validity

The service of submitting application for inspection of imported industrial commodities lots and contracting samples allows commercial customers to submit such application through portal of GOEIC and the service procedure is to be completed within one of GOEIC branches.

Service description Renewing the registration of real estate brokers according to Law 120/1982 Place of service GOEIC branches: in Maarouf - Sixth of October - Tenth of Ramadan - Alexandria - Port Said - Damietta - Suez - Sharkia - Menoufia - Ismailia Arish - Tanta - Investors Services Complex in the Authority Chambers of Commerce (Alexandria - Kafr El Sheikh - Tanta - Damanhour - Sohag - Arish) Renewal date The renewal application shall be submitted within the ninety days preceding the expiry date of the registration for the regular renewal fee The fees shall be doubled during the ninety days following the end of the registration validity If the renewal is not done within the 90 days following the expiry date of the registration, the registration will be administratively written off Conditions required to renew the registration in the register of real estate brokers First Conditions for renewing the registration of an individual establishment in the register of real estate brokers No mo

Service description Write-off at the request of the real estate broker in accordance with Law 120 /1982 Refund of insurance after write-off at the request of the real estate broker Place of service Authority branches in Maarouf - Sixth of October - Tenth of Ramadan - Alexandria - Port Said - Damietta - Suez - Sharkia - Menoufia - Ismailia Arish-Tanta Investor Services Complex in the Investment Authority Chambers of Commerce (Alexandria - Kafr El Sheikh - Tanta - Damanhour - Sohag - Arish) Write-off documents at the request of the real estate broker and refund the insurance The original form of the request for writing off and refunding the insurance signed in front of the competent employee, or a valid signature of the bank by the person concerned, or who has the right to manage and sign, or signed by his legal representative if this is expressly stated by the power of attorney A copy of the national ID card or passport of the applicant and the original for viewing Bring all copies of valid

Service purpose Delisting the establishments or companies registered in the exporters’ register in accordance with Law 118 of 1975 AD and Regulation 770 of 2005 AD at the exporter’s request Place of service Branches: MAROUF - Sixth of October - Alexandria - Port Said - Suez - Damietta - Office of the Investors Services Complex in the General Investment Authority Required Documents The origin of the write-off request form signed by the person concerned or who has the right to administer according to the latest commercial record on file with the signature in front of the competent employee or the authenticity of a signature from the bank A copy of the national ID card or passport of the owner of the facility, or who has the right to manage, sign, and the original for perusal Bring all copies of valid exporters register cards issued to the facility / company OR a police report of their loss or the loss of any of them If the applicant is an agent or authorized representative A copy of th

Service description Refund of insurance in cases of administrative write-off in accordance with Law 120 /1982 When is the administrative write-off? It has been 90 days since the real estate brokers card expired without renewing its validity If it is not installed on the real estate brokers record card, any valid mediation contract If the commercial registry is erased due to the expiry of the natural or legal personality If the file at the Tax Authority has been permanently suspended, and this has resulted in the termination of the natural or legal personality If the change of the legal entity of the company leads to the expiration of the legal personality If the real estate brokerage activity is written off from the commercial register or tax card If the company's capital is less than the minimum required according to Law 120/1982 If a decision or judgment is issued to cancel the registration of the establishment or company in the real estate brokers registry for committing one of the violations m

Industrial laboratories at Port Said branch Port Said port includes 11 laboratories Testing laboratory for dry batteries Testing laboratory for fractional motors Testing laboratory for Audio and visual equipment Testing laboratory for electrical devices Testing laboratory for Lighting units and safety testing for electrical devices Testing laboratory for hand tools Testing laboratory for electrical generators Testing laboratory for shoes and leather Testing laboratory for glass Testing laboratory for door Locks Testing laboratory for miscellaneous commodities Testing laboratory for vehicles horns.                                     

Industrial laboratories at Damietta branch: Damietta port includes 10 laboratories Testing laboratory for electrical devices, hand tools, lighting units and loudspeakers Testing laboratory for furniture and wood Testing laboratory for cement Testing laboratory for flat glass Testing laboratory for door Locks   Testing laboratory for tensile, rebar, sandpapers and elevator shafts.  

Alexandria port and Dekheila port include 19 laboratories   Testing laboratory (electrical devices)   Testing laboratory (audio and visual devices)   Testing laboratory (Tires and alloy wheels)   Testing laboratory (spinning and textiles)   Testing laboratory (ceramic)   Testing laboratory (polymers)   Testing laboratory (spectral analysis) Testing laboratory (Metallurgical)   Testing laboratory (Glass) Testing laboratory (door locks) Testing laboratory (100 tons tensile) Testing laboratory (20 tons tensile) Testing laboratory (50 kg tensile) Testing laboratory (household water pumps) Testing laboratory (water cocks)   Testing laboratory (hardness)  

Industrial laboratories at Al Adabiya: Al Adabiya port in Suez includes 4 laboratories Testing laboratory for low voltage   Testing laboratory for lighting units   Testing laboratory for electrical home appliances and hand tools   Testing laboratory for Shoes and leather  

To test goods for steel products, nails, nuts, gas cylinder valves, household cooking devices that burn liquefied petroleum gases, fuel hoses, fire extinguishers, water valves, water mixers, industrial belts, sinks, stainless steel panels, pipes Stainless, home cooking bowls, forks, spoons, knives, pipe fittings, pipes....     Tensile Plant 60 tons The factory is accredited by the National Accreditation Council (IJAC) according to the requirements of the International standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in the field of tensile testing for steel products. Tensile Lab 30 ton Cairo Airport Labs. Tensile Lab 100 ton Alexandria Labs. Tensile Lab 20 ton Laboratories of Alexandria and Damietta Tensile plant 500 kg The factory is accredited by the National Accreditation Council (IJAC) according to the requirements of the International standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in the field of tensile resistance tests for interna

For testing of battery goods, electrical cutters, plugs and sockets, switches, lamps, lighting units, transformers and fixtures, electrical appliances, television, speakers, capacitors, electric motors, thermostat, titanium, electric generators . . .     Battery Testing Lab The batteries factory at Cairo Airport is accredited by the National Accreditation Council (IJAC) according to the requirements of the International standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in the field of battery testing. Electrical Circuit Testing Lab The factory is accredited by the National Accreditation Council (IJAC) according to the requirements of the International standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in the field of domestic circuit breakers tests. Lab tests for plugs, sockets and switches The factory is accredited by the National Accreditation Council (IAQ) according to the requirements of the International standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in the field of plugs, sockets and switches

The service of requesting inspection of new industrial imports allows commercial customers to submit an application for such inspection on the online portal of GOEIC and the service procedure is to be completed within one of GOEIC branches.

The General Organization for Export and Import Control signed a joint cooperation protocol with the Export Council for Printing, Packaging, Paper, Books and Artistic Works, through cooperation and coordination with the Trade Development and Export Development Project in Egypt funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID TRADE), with the aim of cooperation between the two parties in the field of Chemical analyzes in GOEIC laboratories and the exchange of information and data, and this step is a contribution to supporting the printing and packaging sector to facilitate the completion of procedures for companies affiliated with the sector. Within the framework of the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s keenness to improve the system of services provided to the exporters and importers community through commitment to implementing the latest systems and rules followed in a way that contributes to facilitating the movement of trade between Egypt and the countries of the world, and in i