Dal 1° Marzo 2022 la Banca Centrale d’Egitto richiede pagamenti solo tramite Lettere di Credito in cui è richiesto, tra i vari documenti per la negoziazione, un Certificato di Ispezione emesso da un ente di terza parte. SGS è autorizzata ad emettere i Certificati richiesti tramite una ispezione random visual quality and quantity a fronte di proforma, packing list, lettera di credito, e concomitante assistenza al carico dei container e sigillatura degli stessi.
Starting from 1st March 2022 the Central Bank of Egypt has applied a new instruction to all banks in Egypt over all Egypt imports from abroad as per below:
- All imports from abroad central bank will stop approving its payment collection documents as long as its value exceeds 5000 USD.
- All imports above 5000 USD must open a L\C with third party inspection certificate to be accepted by Banks/customs.
Some exceptions have applied over these instructions as per below points,
- Products of dairies, strategic products (grains), medicines are exempted from this instructions.
- Multinational companies which have an affiliates in Egypt managed by local administration are exempted.
- All shipments under draw-back system will be exempted.
- Live animals and poultry are exempted from this instructions.
- Courier shipments are exempted.
Fonte: SGS Société Générale de Surveillance