Everything You Need to Know About Mandatory Brand Registration in Egypt.
If you’re exporting branded products to Egypt, there’s one critical compliance step you cannot overlook: registration with GOEIC (General Organization for Export and Import Control).
Under Ministerial Decree No. 43 Egypt enforces strict rules to regulate which brands are allowed to enter the local market. Whether you're in textiles, appliances, cosmetics, or electronics the brand registration requirement applies to you.
Egypt has created a special register for factories and companies that own qualified brands. The only products that are permitted to enter the Egyptian market for commercial purposes are:
- Manufactured by a registered factory, or
- Imported directly from the brand owner or an authorized distributor listed in this register.
Brand Registration with GOEIC typically takes several weeks to months especially when legalization and embassy processes are involved. If you’re not registered, your products can be held or refused entry by customs, which causes costly delays. Cotecna can help you complete it in as quick as 15 business days.
Here is a list of products that may be imported only if they are manufactured in a registered factory:
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Product |
Customs Item |
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Milk and its products put up for retail sale |
From Items 04.01 - 04.02 - 04.03 - 04.05 - 04.06 |
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Preserved and dried fruits put up for retail sale |
Chapter 8 |
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Oils and fats put up for retail sale |
Chapter 15 |
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Sugar confectionaries |
17.04 |
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Chocolates and food products containing cocoa put up for retail sale |
From Item18.06 |
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Pastas and prepared foods from cereals and bread products and pastries |
19.02 - 19.04 - 19.05 |
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Fruit juices put up for retail sale |
From Item 20.09 |
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Natural and mineral water and aerated water |
22.01, 22.02 |
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Beauty and make-up products, preparations for oral or dental hygiene, personal deodorants and antiperspirants, and perfumed preparations |
3303 - 33.04 - 33.05 - 33.06 - 33.07 |
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Soap and washing preparations used as soap put up for retail sale |
3401.11- 3401.19 - 3401.2090- 3401.30- 3402.20-3402.9090 |
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Cutlery and kitchen utensils |
39.24 - 4419- 69.11- 69.12- 73.23-7418.10- 7615.10 -8211.10 - 8211.91-82.15 |
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Baths, shower-baths, sinks, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers |
3922.10- 3922.20- 69.10- 7324.10- 7324.21- 7324.29- 7418.20- 7508.9020-7615.20 |
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Toilet Paper and similar paper, babies and sanitary napkins |
9619- (except 4818.1090)-48.18- 4803 |
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Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles for household use |
6802.10- 6802.2110- 6802.9110-6904.40- 6810.19- 69.07- 6908 |
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Tableware glass articles |
70.13 |
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Iron and steel bars and rods |
72.13- 72.14- 72.15 |
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Household electrical appliances (stoves, fryers, air conditioners, fans, washing machines, blenders and heaters) |
73.21- 73.22- 8414.51-8415.10-8415.81-8415.82-8415.83-8418.10- 8418.21- 8418.29- 8418.30- 8418.40- 8422.11- 8450.11- 8450.12- 8450.19- 8451.21- 8508.11- 8509.40- 8509.80- 8516.10- 8516.21-8516.32- 8516.32- 8516.40- 8516.50- 8516.60- 8516.71- 8516.72-8516.79- 8527.12- 8527.13- 8527.19- 8527.91- 8527.92- 8527.99- 8528.71- 8528.7220- 8528.7290- 8528.73 |
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Home and Office furniture |
9401.30- 9401.40- 9401.51- 9401.59- 9401.61 - 9401.69- 9401.7190- 9401.79- 9401.8090- 94.03 - 94.04 |
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Bicycles, motorcycles and those with auxiliary motors |
87.11, 87.12 |
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Watches |
From chapter 91 |
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Lightening equipment for household use |
9405.10- 9405.20- 9405.30- 9405.4090 |
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Toys |
95.03 |
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Textiles, clothing, carpets, blankets, furnishing fabrics |
50.07- 51.11- 51.12- 5113- 52.08- 52.09- 52.10- 52.11- 52.12- 53.09-5311- 54.07- 5408- 55.12- 55.13- 55.14- 55.15- 55.16- 58.01- 58.02- 58.04- 58.05 - 58.09- 5810.1090- 5810.91- 5810.92- 5810.99 Chapter 60 Chapter 61(except 6113.0010-6114.3010-6115.10-6116.1010)- Chapter 62 (except 6210.1010-6210.2010- 6210.3010- 6210.4010-6210.5010- 6211.3910- 6211.4910-6212.2010- 6212.9010- 6216.0010-6217) Chapter 63 (except 63.07) |
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Floor coverings |
Chapter 57 39.18- 4016.91 |
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Footwear |
64.01- 64.02- 64.03- 64.04- 64.05 |
Cotecna your global compliance partner can help exporters from every region meet Egypt’s regulatory standards.
We provide:
- Step-by-step registration assistance
- Document validation and submission to GOEIC
- Ongoing renewal support
With Cotecna, exporters can save time, reduce compliance risks, and ensure smooth entry to the Egyptian market.
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