Procedures for registration in the importer’s registry 2/1
Sole Proprietorship
- The facility shall be registered in the trade register and hold a tax card.
- The owner of the facility or the authorized agent (if existed) shall be of Egyptian nationality.
- Importation shall be one of the company’s purposes according to the import commercial registry.
- The business shall be practiced for at least two consecutive years prior to the application for registration.
- The volume of business in the last year of the tax return shall not be less than two million pounds.
- The capital registered in the trade register shall not be less than five hundred thousand pounds.
- Deposit cash insurance or submit an equivalent bank guarantee letter with the amount of fifty thousand pounds.
- The person concerned or the person responsible for the import shall have passed the training course required for practice of import.
- No final judgment against the person concerned or the authorized agent (if existed) through committing any of the crimes of fraudulent or negligent bankruptcy has not been issued unless he has been rehabilitated.
- That the person concerned or the authorized representative (if existed) is not a member of the Senate, deputies, local people’s councils, or a full-time member of political work throughout the term of their membership or their disengagement, unless they were already preoccupied with this work before their membership or sabbatical.
- The person concerned or the authorized agent (if existed) has not been convicted with a final judgment for a felony penalty or a penalty for a crime involving moral turpitude or dishonesty, or in one of the crimes stipulated in the laws of commerce, or the suppression of fraud, fraud, supply, customs, import and export, or Monitoring precious metals or companies, combating money laundering, protecting intellectual property rights, protecting competition, preventing monopolistic practices, the central bank, value-added tax, income tax, protecting your employer, or in one of the crimes stipulated in Article 8 of this law, and that All unless it has been reconciled or rehabilitated.
- Registration application form signed by the person concerned or the authorized agent in front of the competent employee or signed by the representative.
- Documents to be completed by the agent (if existed):
• A copy of a notarized authorized from the real estate registry and the original for review (even a second agent is accepted only)
• A copy of the national ID card or passport of the agent and the original for viewing
• A declaration of the validity of the authorized signed by the agent - Documents required to be completed by the owner of the facility and the authorized agent (if existed):
• A copy of the national ID or passport, and the original for reviewing
• An official extract of the birth certificate to prove nationality
• Acknowledgment of the registration of an individual property in the importers register signed in front of the competent employee or the authenticity of the signature certified by an approved bank - Group 6 declaration signed by the concerned employee, authorized representative, or agent (in case of obtaining Group 6 of chemical industry products).
- A recent official extract from the commercial register, valid for a period of not less than 90 days, and a recent statement that has not been issued for more than 90 days, including the import activity - the registered capital is not less than 500,000 pounds.
- A copy of the last tax return approved by the Tax Authority (provided that it has a live stamp with the emblem of the Republic), explaining that the volume of business in the last year is not less than 200,000 pounds.
- A copy of the tax card is identical to the commercial registration data and the original for viewing. Or a basic data document for the taxpayer from the tax authority (if the establishment is new and the tax card has not yet been issued, or the import activity is not clear in the tax card).
- The original certificate of practicing commerce for at least two consecutive years prior to the application for registration, valid and approved by the General Federation of Chambers of Commerce.
- The original import practice certificate in the name of the person concerned or responsible for the import insured by social insurances. Or a copy of the payment voucher for the import practice course fees at GOEIC. Or a letter from the regional training center for foreign trade stating that the training course has been booked at the center and in the name of the person concerned or an employee of the facility. Or a letter from the Chamber of Commerce stating that the training course has been booked and in the name of the person concerned or an employee of the facility.
- If the holder of the import practice certificate is an employee of the establishment, he shall submit:
- Original Print Insurance (1 s. Insurance)
- A copy of the national ID or passport, and the original for viewing
- An official extract of the birth certificate to prove nationality
- A letter from the facility stamped to determine who is responsible for the insured import and that he is still working in the facility
- Receipt of the deposit of the insurance value fifty thousand pounds in the treasury of GOEIC with the visa. Or a letter from the bank stating that the insurance amount (fifty thousand pounds) has been deposited in the Authority’s account Or a final unconditional bank guarantee letter in the name of the General organization for Export and Import Control / Importers Affairs Administration / 1 Marouf St. Ramses Intersection / The value of insurance on a new import card in the name of the facility according to the commercial registry / The duration of the letter of guarantee is 5 years / The insurance value is 50,000 EGP.
Companies of persons
- The company must be registered in the commercial register and hold a tax card.
- The company must have been registered in the commercial register for at least one year prior to the application for registration
- The volume of business in the last year of the tax return submitted to the Tax Authority shall not be less than five million pounds
- The paid-up capital registered in the commercial register shall not be less than two million pounds
- The share of the Egyptian partners in the capital shall not be less than 51%
- The head office of the company should be in Egypt and established in accordance with the provisions of Egyptian laws
- To be one of the company’s purposes from the reality of the commercial register is to import
- That a cash security deposit or an equivalent letter of bank guarantee in the amount of two hundred thousand pounds has been submitted
- The responsible for the importing must be of Egyptian nationality
- The joint associates or the person responsible for the import must have passed the training course required for practice of import approved by the Ministry
- That the joint associates and those responsible for the import have not issued a final judgment against any of them for committing one of the crimes of fraudulent or negligent bankruptcy unless he has been rehabilitated
- That the joint partners and those responsible for importation are not members of the Senate, representatives of local people’s councils, or who are devoted to political work throughout the term of their membership or disengagement, unless they were originally occupied with this work before their membership or sabbatical
- That the joint partners and those responsible for importation are not members of the Senate, representatives of local people’s councils, or who are devoted to political work throughout the term of their membership or disengagement, unless they were originally occupied with this work before their membership or sabbatical.
- Registration application form signed by the person who has the right to manage and sign in front of the competent employee or signed by the agent
- Documents to be completed by the agent (if the applicant is an agent):
• A copy of a notarized authorized from the real estate registry and the original for review (even a second agent is accepted only)
• A copy of the national ID card or passport of the agent and the original for viewing
• Acknowledgment of the validity of the authorized signed by the agent. - For the documents required of all those whose names are in the commercial register and who are responsible for importing
• A copy of the national ID card or passport and the original
• A declaration of the importers register signed in front of the competent employee or certified by the bank that the signature is correct
• An official extract of the birth certificate to prove the nationality from the person responsible for importing only - In the case of obtaining Group 6 of chemical industry products, the Group 6 declaration signed by the competent employee who has the right to manage and sign, or from the agent
- A copy sealed with a live seal of the Republic’s emblem from the company’s contract or the company’s articles of incorporation and its amendments are registered, publicized and fixed in the commercial register, indicating that 51% of the capital is owned by Egyptians - import activity - paid capital is not less than two million pounds
- A recent official extract from the commercial register, valid for a period of not less than 90 days, and a recent statement that has not been issued for more than 90 days, including at least one year has passed since registration in the commercial register - import activity - 51% of the capital is owned by Egyptians - the person responsible for import is Egyptian in case The presence of foreigners - the paid-up capital is not less than two million Egyptian pounds
- A copy of the last tax return approved by the Tax Authority (with a live stamp of the Republic’s emblem) indicating that the volume of business in the last year is no less than 5 million pounds
- A copy of the tax card is identical to the commercial registration data and the original for viewing.Or a basic data document for the taxpayer from the tax authority (if the company is new and the tax card has not yet been issued, or the import activity is not clear in the tax card)
- The origin of the import practice certificate in the name of one of the general partners, the trustees, or the one responsible for the import insured by social insurances. Or a copy of the payment voucher for the import practice course fees at the Authority. Or a letter from the regional center for foreign trade training stating that the training course has been booked at the center. Or a letter from the Chamber of Commerce stating that the training course has been booked.
- If the holder of the import practice certificate is an employee of the company, he shall submit:
• Original Brent Insurance (1 s. Insurance)
• A copy of the national ID or passport, and the original for viewing
• An official extract of the birth certificate to prove nationality
• A letter from the company stamped with its seal to determine who is responsible for the insured import and that he is still working for the company - A letter from the company stamped with its seal to determine who is responsible for the insured import and that he is still working for the company
- Reserving an appointment through the GOEIC’s website at the following link: https://www.goeic.gov.eg/en (in case the application is submitted in favor or October, or the Investor Services Complex at the Investment Authority).
- Submitting the required documents in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 7 of 2017 relative to the Examination of documents.
- Determining the value of the prescribed fees through the application receiving window.
- Pay the fees to the Authority’s treasury with a visa or a letter from the bank stating that the amount of fees has been deposited into the Authority’s account.
- Financial and technical auditor.
- Enter the importers record card data
- The person concerned should review the card before wrapping it and receiving it
- Packaging and delivery
