| Intro | Egypt's customs administration is the Egyptian Customs Authority (ECA) using the Nafeza single window with mandatory Advance Cargo Information (ACI) since Oct 2021. Every importer must be listed on the General Organisation for Export & Import Control (GOEIC) register, and only registered companies may operate as importers. |
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| Primary authorities | - Egyptian Customs Authority (ECA)Customs entry, Nafeza filings, valuation.
- GOEIC (MoTI)Importer register, product inspection, standards conformity.
- Ministry of Trade & IndustryImport policy, trade remedies.
- EDA / NAFDAC-equivalentPharma, cosmetics registration.
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| Licensing regimes | - GOEIC Importer RegisterMandatory for commercial imports; capital & experience thresholds. · GOEIC
- ACI shipment approvalAdvance Cargo Information via Nafeza before shipment sails. · ECA/Nafeza
- Factory registration decreeForeign factories exporting to EG (ready-made garments, appliances, ceramics, dairy) must register at GOEIC. · GOEIC
- EDA product registrationPharma, cosmetics, medical devices. · Egyptian Drug Authority
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| Prohibited goods | - · Second-hand consumer goods (with narrow humanitarian exceptions).
- · Certain agricultural products in season (protective).
- · Publications contravening public order.
- · CITES-listed species.
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| Restricted goods | - · Sugar & wheat - GASC (state buyer) tenders dominant.
- · Automotive - high customs + development fee + VAT stack.
- · Steel - safeguard duty by origin.
- · Chemicals - HAZMAT permits.
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| Labelling requirements | - · Arabic-language labelling on all prepackaged consumer goods.
- · GOEIC / EOS conformity mark on regulated products.
- · EDA registration number on pharma / cosmetic packs.
- · Country of origin marking (Customs Law 66/1963 as amended).
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| Sanctions overlay | - · UNSC measures implemented via Presidential decree.
- · No autonomous sanctions regime.
- · CBE / EFRA screen OFAC/EU/UN for banking-sector.
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| Dispute resolution | Customs objection to Head of ECA within 30 days; onward Court of First Instance. CRCICA (Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration) is the leading regional institutional forum. NY Convention party since 1959. |
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