Plant quarantine
Inspected by Egypt's Central Administration of Plant Quarantine before loading. A phytosanitary certificate accompanies every shipment, in line with EU plant-health rules.
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031
Egypt to Europe · Fresh produce exporter
Egyptian fresh produce, shipped direct to Europe.
Al Fateh Group sorts, packs and exports Egyptian fruit and vegetables for importers, wholesalers and retail packers across Europe. Leafy greens fly out of Cairo daily, citrus and vegetables travel in reefer containers, and every lot is tested against EU residue limits before it leaves Egypt.
Air freightCairo & Alexandria to EU airports in about 48 h
GLOBALG.A.PCertified grower network
EU MRLResidue-tested, lot by lot
Sea freightReefers for citrus, potatoes & onions
Egypt to the world
About us
An Egyptian exporter built around the cold chain
Al Fateh Group Import & Export is an Egyptian exporter connecting Egyptian farms with European buyers. We work with contracted growers across the country's main production regions and run sorting, grading and packing to EU marketing standards.
Produce is cooled soon after harvest and stays at its set temperature through packing, inspection and loading. Each shipment leaves with its phytosanitary certificate, residue report and traceability back to the farm, so it clears EU border checks without surprises.
We plan programmes with importers season by season: weekly air shipments of leafy greens and soft fruit, and regular reefer containers of citrus, potatoes, onions and other vegetables.
- Headquarters
- Alexandria, Egypt
- Markets
- European Union & United Kingdom
- Freight
- Air cargo & reefer containers
- We supply
- Importers, wholesalers, retail packers
From field to European shelf
- 1
Sourcing
Contracted growers working to GLOBALG.A.P practices, with spray records checked before harvest.
- 2
Harvest & pre-cooling
Picked at the right maturity and moved into cold rooms within hours.
- 3
Sorting & grading
Graded by size, colour and defects to EU marketing standards, Extra Class or Class I.
- 4
Packing & labelling
Export cartons or retail punnets, with origin, class, variety and lot code on every label.
- 5
Inspection & testing
Plant-quarantine inspection, phytosanitary certificate and an MRL lab report for each lot.
- 6
Cold-chain dispatch
Loaded at set temperature onto the next flight from Cairo or into a reefer at Alexandria or Damietta, with a data logger on board.
Air freight
From Egyptian field to European airport in about 48 hours
Air freight is how we ship our most perishable lines. Fewer hours between harvest and arrival means more shelf life on your side.
- 0 h
Harvest
Picked in the early morning and moved straight into shade and field cooling.
- +6 h
Pack-house
Sorted, packed in air-freight cartons and forced-air pre-cooled to the product's set point.
- +12 h
Export clearance
Plant-quarantine inspection, phytosanitary certificate and MRL release for the lot.
- +18 h
Airport cargo terminal
Delivered by reefer truck, built on pallets under thermal covers and held in the airport cold room.
- +24 h
Flight to Europe
Cargo or belly-hold flight to the European hub, about 4–5 hours in the air.
- ≈ 48 h
Your cold store
Border plant-health check at the EU airport, then onward delivery to your warehouse.
Indicative timing for a typical consignment. The exact schedule depends on flight space and the destination airport.
Air shipment specs
- Departure airports
- Cairo International (CAI) · Alexandria Borg El Arab (HBE)
- Consignment size
- From 500 kg, typically 1–2.5 t per flight
- Frequency
- Weekly programmes, up to daily in peak season
- Build-up
- PMC / PAG pallets with thermal blankets
- Handling
- Perishable cargo (PER) under IATA Perishable Cargo Regulations
- Cold chain
- Pre-cooled at the pack-house, reefer truck, airport cold room, logger in every shipment
Destination airports
We fly from
CAICairo International
HBEAlexandria Borg El Arab
| Code | Airport | Approx. flight |
| BER | Berlin, Germany | ≈ 4 h 15 |
| PRG | Prague, Czech Republic | ≈ 3 h 45 |
| FRA | Frankfurt, Germany | ≈ 4 h 10 |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ≈ 4 h 40 |
| CDG | Paris, France | ≈ 4 h 30 |
| LGG | Liège, Belgium | ≈ 4 h 25 |
| MXP | Milan, Italy | ≈ 3 h 45 |
| LHR | London, United Kingdom | ≈ 5 h |
Other European airports on request.
Products we fly from Cairo & Alexandria
Sea freight
ALY
DAM
| RTM | ≈ 8–10 | |
| ANR | ≈ 9–11 | |
| HAM | ≈ 11–13 | |
| GOA | ≈ 5–6 | |
| VLC | ≈ 6–7 | |
| FOS | ≈ 6–7 |
Produce catalog
What we ship, and how it travels
Each product lists its freight mode, transit temperature, export packing and customs code. The month strip shows the Egyptian season.
Peak supply
Available
This month
EU standards & logistics
Prepared to clear EU border checks
Every consignment travels with the inspections, lab results and documents that European plant-health and food-safety rules require.
EU MRL residue testing
Each lot is sampled before shipping and analysed in an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory against EU maximum residue levels for pesticides.
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005
Cold chain & monitoring
Forced-air pre-cooling right after packing, refrigerated trucks to the airport or port, and a temperature logger travelling with every consignment.
Logger record shared with each shipment
Reefer containers
Citrus, potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, pomegranates and grapes ship in 40ft high-cube reefers, with temperature, ventilation and humidity set for each product and a data logger in every container.
- From
- Alexandria · Damietta
- To
- Rotterdam · Antwerp · Hamburg · Genoa · Valencia
- Transit
- About 7–14 days
Documents with every shipment
- Phytosanitary certificate
- Certificate of origin and EUR.1 for preferential duty under the EU–Egypt Association Agreement
- Pesticide residue (MRL) lab report
- GLOBALG.A.P certificate with GGN
- Commercial invoice and packing list
- Air waybill or bill of lading
- Temperature logger record
Export calendar
Harvest and shipping windows
Plan your programme by month. Peak months give the strongest volumes and prices; edge months are available in smaller quantities.
Peak supply
Available
Windows are indicative for Egyptian origin and shift with variety, region and weather. Confirm dates and volumes with our export desk.
Contact us
Talk to our export desk
Send the product, volume and destination, and we will reply with availability, specifications and a price.