Egyptian Black Eyed Beans for Export
Black eyed beans (cowpeas, known locally as lobia) have been cultivated along the Nile for millennia, and Egypt remains a trusted origin for cream-coloured beans with the distinctive dark eye, thin skins and quick, even cooking. Grown mainly in Upper Egypt and the Delta and sun-dried before processing, Egyptian black eyed beans reach the market clean, uniform and low in moisture — exactly what packers, millers and wholesale distributors need for repacking and retail lines across the Gulf, Africa, Europe and Asia.
PEIVANA supplies black eyed beans as part of a full dry-legume range, and our flexibility is the point: buyers routinely combine lobia with chickpeas, lentils and white beans in one dry container, hitting full-container freight economics while spreading the volume across four or five SKUs.
Varieties & Grades
We ship the standard cream cowpea with black hilum in machine-cleaned export grade: sortex colour-sorted, sieved for size uniformity, de-stoned and polished. Typical commercial specs run 99–99.5% purity with controlled admixture, broken and damaged kernels within agreed tolerances, and moisture around 12–14%. Counts (beans per 100 g) and specific screen sizes can be fixed by contract.
Sizes, Packing & Palletization
| Spec | Typical options |
|---|---|
| Bags | 25 kg and 50 kg polypropylene (PP) bags; 25 kg paper bags on request |
| Retail packs | 500 g / 1 kg polybags under private label, cartonized |
| Loading | Palletized or floor-loaded per buyer preference |
| Container | 20ft dry: approx. 24–25 tonnes floor-loaded; 40ft for volume retail packs |
Season & Availability
The crop is harvested in late summer and autumn, then cleaned and stored under controlled conditions, so export availability is effectively year-round. New-crop contracts can be booked ahead of harvest for buyers who want first parcels.
Logistics & Shipping
As a shelf-stable dry good, black eyed beans move in standard dry containers with kraft paper lining and desiccants where humidity on the lane demands it; fumigation is arranged per destination regulations. We ship on CFR / CIF to your port, or FOB Egypt to the Gulf, Africa, Europe and Asia, and dry legumes are our most common building block for multi-SKU mixed containers.
Quality & Documentation
Consignments include a phytosanitary certificate, certificate of origin, fumigation certificate where required, and weight/quality certificates on request. Processing runs through HACCP/ISO-certified cleaning and packing facilities with lot traceability back to grower groups, and pre-shipment samples can be couriered before confirmation.
Why Buy From PEIVANA
Buy your lobia from PEIVANA and you get the mixed-container advantage — chickpeas, lentils and white beans in the same box as your black eyed beans; mid-size orders welcomed, from a few tonnes within a mixed load to full containers; and answers on specs, packing and shipment windows.
Send your specification and destination port and request a quote — pricing and the earliest shipment date come back.
