Shipping, containers, ports and export documentation from Egypt.
Total shelf life minus transit is the number that matters. Remaining selling days by product on an Egyptian part-load, and what shortens the figure before you get it.
How tariff classification and proof of origin work on a small Egyptian shipment, which documents your supplier must issue before loading, and why a part-load complicates it.
How a mid-size buyer builds a supportable quality claim on an Egyptian part-load: what evidence counts, when the clock runs out, and what a supplier credit note does and does not cover.
A part-load ties up cash for longer than the transit suggests. The payment milestones from deposit to balance, the working-capital gap in weeks, and the four ways mid-size buyers shorten it.
Cargo insurance on a half-pallet or part-container order from Egypt: what the seller’s CIF policy covers, why groupage complicates a claim, reefer machinery breakdown cover and how to price your own open policy.
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.
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.
Most missed delivery weeks are booked too late, not shipped too slowly. The full countback from warehouse door to RFQ, stage by stage, with day counts for the main destinations.
Egyptian reefer rates are cheapest in late summer and climb from October as citrus, potato and strawberry programmes compete for the same equipment. What that does to a half-pallet price and how a mid-size buyer holds a number.