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Capital: Cairo
Population: 70,712,000
Currency: Egyptian Pound
Official Language(s): Arabic |
I. CHEMICAL MAXIMUM
RESIDUE LEVELS (MRLs)
II. CHEMICALS AND ADDITIVE INFORMATION
A. Chemical residue standards:
Egypt defers to maximum residue levels
established by the Codex Alimentarius Commission on chemicals
for which no national maximum residue levels have been
established.
B. Monitoring chemical residues:
Pesticide residues currently are monitored by
the Central Agricultural Pesticides Laboratory, Ministry of
Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
C. Restrictions on use of waxes:
III. ORGANIC FRUIT REGULATIONS
No information.
IV. TARIFFS
The customs tariff on imported apples and pears is 20% of the CIF
value. The cherry tariff is 5% of the CIF value. An additional 3%
administration charge and a 1% tax is also assessed. Shipments
larger than 500 tons are granted 7% reduction in customs tariffs.
V. NON-TARIFF BARRIERS
A. Labeling requirements:
Nature of product, commercial specifications
(size, grade, kind), weight, country of origin, exporter and
importer name, production and expiration dates must be listed.
According to the Egyptian General Authority for
Export and Import Control (GOETC). Fruit shipments must
have a shelf life of one year from the date printed on the
packing box and that shipment must arrive in Egypt with at least
half of its shelf life remaining, i.e. six months.
Therefore, the production date should refer to the date that
product was packed. The expiration date should be one year
following the production date.
Labels should be written in English and Arabic.
There are no specific size or placement requirements for labels.
The NHC recommends working closely with Egyptian importers to
verify label content and wording.
B. Licenses and quotas:
C. Currency Issues:
Egypt's central bank has instructed commercial banks not to
provide letters of credit unless they have 100% cash coverage at
opening.
D. Pest and plant disease restrictions:
An Import Permit (IP) and Phytosanitary
Certificate (PC)are required.
For apples, an additional declaration must be on
the PC and state "The apples in this shipment are certified
in compliance with the U.S./Egypt Apple Work Plan."
Apples must be inspected and found free of the
following pests known to occur on apples in Idaho, Oregon and
Washington: Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (San Jose scale),
Anarsia lineatella (peach twig borer), Aphis pomi
(green apple aphid), Erwinia amylovora (fireblight), Pseudococcus
maritimus (grape mealybug), Cydia pomonella (codling
moth), Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid), Panonychus
ulmi (European red mite) and Venturia inaequalis
(apple scab). Of these pests, codling moth, European red
mite, grape mealy bug , wooly apple aphid, apple scald, peach
twig borer and fireblight are known to occur in Egypt.
On March 19, 1997, a work plan for the export of
apples from the U.S. to Egypt went into effect. This work plan
resolves quarantine problems caused by dead insects which had
been a cause of rejections in the past. Egypt will no longer
reject shipments due to the presence of dead insects. The
work plan requires that the fruit be subjected to a period of
low temperature storage. Commercially packed fruit for export
would be considered to be in compliance because low temperature
storage is a normal and customary step in commercial apple post
harvest handling.
VI. SUBSIDIES
None
VII. MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES FOR PACIFIC
NORTHWEST TREE FRUIT INDUSTRY
Washington Apple Commission:
George Smith
Hertfordshire, UK
Voice: 011-44-1727-861074
Fax: 011-44-1707-226176
E-mail: wac@midsummermarketing.com
Pear Bureau Northwest
Simon Bakht
Arab Marketing & Finance Inc. (AMFI)
Beirut, LEBANON
Voice: 011-961-1 740378
Fax: 011-961-1-740393
E-mail: amfime@cyberia.net.lb
VIII. OTHER RESOURCE LINKS:
Governmental:
IX. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Special thanks to
FAS Field Office - Egypt
105 South 18th Street, Suite 105
Yakima, Washington 98901, USA
Voice: (509) 453-3193, Fax: (509) 457-7615
E-mail
general@nwhort.org
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