Basic Information Guide

General Organization for Export and Import Control
• Address: The Export and Import Control Authority has more than 20 branches/offices at the level of the Republic. The headquarters is located in the electronic building in the Cairo Air Port in front of the shipping village, and the extension of the headquarters of Sheikh Maarouf Street is located at the intersection of Ramses Street - Central Cairo
• Phone: 19591
• E-mail: customercare@goeic.gov.eg
• Website: www.goeic.gov.eg

The documents you will need

Documents and procedures required to follow

Guidelines for exporting from Egypt

The strategy of the Egyptian Ministry of Commerce and Industry 2020 aims to increase the volume of Egyptian non-oil exports by 10% annually over the five years until 2020, to reach $30 billion.
Egyptian exports to the world witnessed an increase during the period from 2015 to 2018, reaching $29.2 billion in 2018, compared to $26.3 billion in 2017, $22.5 billion in 2016, and $22 billion in 2015. And the value of exports in the first half of 2019 increased by 2% to reach $15.3 billion during the period from January to June 2019, compared to $15 billion during the same period in 2018.
With regard to Egypt's exports to Africa, Egyptian exports to Africa increased by 27%, reaching $4.7 billion in 2018, compared to $3.7 billion in 2017.

General Organization for Export and Import Control:

It is a service organization that works to protect the consumer and preserve Egypt's reputation by examining commodity exports and imports, as well as preparing statistics on exports and imports, and the General Organization for Export and Import Control. In accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 378 of 1999, the General Authority 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)

In the event that the export activity begins in the facility, the export process may not be completed before the facility obtains a registration card in the exporters register. It is convened specifically for this, and the General Administration of Exporters Affairs issues a registration card for a period of five years, subject to renewal .

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