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The New Requirements on Exporting Textile Products to Egypt has been Postponed to 15 June 2012

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The New Requirements on Exporting Textile Products to Egypt has been Postponed to 15 June 2012

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Egypt issued two decrees in November 2011 relating to the control of imported goods of textile and leather products and its accessories and bags by Testing and Inspection.

The inspection process of these decrees was first postponed to 1 April 2012. Then, after the Meeting at the Chairman Board Office on 22 March 2012, it was agreed to extend the time limit of applying these two decrees until 15 June 2012 to submit the revision certificates, from abroad or register the exporting companies with containing the examination according to the safety specification applied for these products which is subject to the decrees 626/ 2011 and 660/ 2011.

New Process for Importing Apparel Products to Egypt after 15 June 2012
The scope of the decrees:
Decree no. 626/ 2011: Ready-made clothes, linen and textiles used manufacturing items, yarns, carpets, floor coverings, and home textiles.
Decree No. 660/ 2011: Leather, leather products, artificial leather, shoes and its parts, bags and belts.

After 15 June 2012:
The shipments to Egypt for the goods subjected to the scope of the two decrees must be accompanied by an inspection certificate issued by an accredited inspection company. The inspection documents should contain the following:

Quantity
Value
Country of Manufacturing
Factory name and address
Licensed trademarks which owned by factory or exporter
Importer name
Laboratory test report which is evidence that goods do comply to Egyptian Quality Standards and Regulations (decree 626/2011 and 660/ 2011).

The laboratory report should provide that the product conforms with the Egyptian standard. The testing requirements for textile product are provided in the Egyptian standards - ES 7266-4/ 2011 for Garment.

Restricted Substances:

Labeling Requirements
Labels should contain:

Declaration of country of origin
Name of manufacture, importer, registered trade marks
Fiber content
Care label according to 16 CFR 423

The testing requirements for leather product are provided in the Egyptian standards - ES 7322/ 2011 for Leathers:

Restricted Substances

Until 15 June 2012, testing organizations are coordinates by GOEIC (importing authority in Egypt).

For More Information

Bureau Veritas offers a wide range of solutions to help you overcome the challenges of complying with the Egyptian standards and can assist you in keeping up-to-date on the regulatory changes.

If you have any comments or questions, please contact your customer service representative or email BVCPS Turkey at sm@bvcps.com.tr or Neval Kanar at neval.kanar@tr.bureauveritas.com

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