A single-day supplier visit in Egypt, planned properly. Which season to travel in, what to see in the packhouse and cold store, the records worth reading, and the questions that separate a working exporter from a trading desk.
Not every carton leaving an Egyptian packhouse is Class I. What Class II and processing grades actually are, which defects are allowed, who buys them and the three things to fix in the contract before you order.
How two independent buyers share one Egyptian reefer: how the freight is split, whose bill of lading it is, what happens when one party delays, and when to avoid it.
Pallet sizes, ISPM 15 heat treatment, half-pallet builds and pallet cost on an Egyptian part-load, and why the wood never comes back to Egypt.
One part-load, two delivery points. The three ways to split an Egyptian shipment, where each split happens, what documents each one needs, and the point at which splitting stops being worth the handling cost.
Onions and garlic want dry air. A mixed fruit reefer runs wet. How a mid-size buyer puts a half pallet of Egyptian onion or garlic into a shared container without losing it to condensation.
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Punnet formats, half-pallet quantities, air and sea options and the booking lead times for small quantities of fresh Egyptian strawberry between November and March.
The three sea gateways that serve Eastern Europe produce imports from Egypt, transit days to each, the inland leg, and how a half-pallet buyer gets on a shared reefer.
Every change to a confirmed part-load has a cut-off. Which amendments are still free, which cost money, and the last point before gate-in that each one can be made.
The arrival inspection routine that protects a mid-size buyer: read the logger before unloading, verify pulp temperatures, weigh and cut a sample, record defects by percentage and give notice inside the contractual window.