Import to Egypt · From Türkiye
Shipping from Türkiye to Egypt.
We ship goods from Türkiye to Egypt by sea and air: full containers, shared containers and consolidation from several suppliers. Your cargo arrives at a Mediterranean port, or at Cairo Airport by air, and we clear customs in Egypt. Delivery to your door if you need it.
Reviewed by Hassan Ahmed, Earth Link Freight Services · 8 Oct 2026
At a glance
- Ways to ship
- Sea: full container (FCL), shared container (LCL), consolidation. Air.
- From
- Mersin, Ambarli (Istanbul), Izmir, Aliaga, Gemlik and other Turkish ports
- Into Egypt
- Alexandria, El Dekheila, Damietta, Port Said. Cairo Airport by air.
- Customs
- Cleared in Egypt by a licensed customs broker in our group.
- Trade agreement
- Egypt-Türkiye free trade agreement: lower or zero duty on goods of Turkish origin with valid proof of origin.
Two ways to move it.
By sea
For most cargo from Türkiye. A full container (20ft, 40ft, 40HC) when you have the volume, a shared container when you don't, and consolidation when you buy from several suppliers, so everything travels as one container with one set of documents.
Cargo from Türkiye crosses the Mediterranean to Alexandria, El Dekheila, Damietta or Port Said, without going through the Suez Canal. We choose the port by where the goods go in Egypt.
Sea freightBy air
For urgent, light or high-value cargo such as spare parts and samples. Flights from Istanbul land at Cairo Airport, where our branch works in the Cargo Village.
Check your chargeable weightTürkiye to Egypt in numbers.
Every figure has a source and a date. Checked 8 Oct 2026.
- USD 3.66bnEgypt's imports from Türkiye in 2025: 3.6% of all imports, the seventh-largest source.UN Comtrade, Egypt-reported, 2025 · checked 8 Oct 2026
- +12%Growth in imports from Türkiye in 2025, up from USD 3.26bn in 2024.UN Comtrade, Egypt-reported, 2024 and 2025 · checked 8 Oct 2026
- USD 794mMineral fuels and oils from Türkiye in 2025, the largest category. Machinery came next at USD 421m.UN Comtrade, HS chapters 27 and 84, 2025 · checked 8 Oct 2026
- USD 309mIron and steel from Türkiye in 2025, plus USD 202m of steel products such as pipes and structures.UN Comtrade, HS chapters 72 and 73, 2025 · checked 8 Oct 2026
- 1 Mar 2007The Egypt-Türkiye free trade agreement, signed in Cairo in December 2005, came into force on this date.WIPO Lex · checked 8 Oct 2026
- 1 Oct 2021Since this date every sea shipment into Egypt needs an ACID on its documents, and the supplier in Türkiye uploads them on CargoX.Suffolk Chamber of Commerce · 8 Aug 2022
- 1 Jan 2026The same advance cargo rules apply to air freight, including flights from Istanbul to Cairo.AHK Egypt · 9 Aug 2025
Questions about shipping from Türkiye.
Which Turkish ports do you ship from?
Any Turkish port with a sailing to Egypt. The main ones are Mersin, Ambarli in Istanbul, Izmir, Aliaga and Gemlik. If your supplier is inland, we arrange collection from the factory.
Do goods from Türkiye pay less customs duty in Egypt?
Goods of Turkish origin can enter Egypt with lower or zero duty under the Egypt-Türkiye free trade agreement, but only with valid proof of origin, such as a EUR.1. Your supplier in Türkiye issues it. The rules of origin changed in 2026, so we confirm with you which proof Egyptian customs accepts before the goods ship.
What do people usually import from Türkiye?
In 2025 the largest categories were fuels and oils, machinery, iron and steel, steel products and cotton. Electrical equipment, vehicles and parts, plastics, paper and tyres follow. We ship all of these, in full or shared containers.
I buy from several suppliers in Türkiye. Can it come as one shipment?
Yes. We collect from each supplier, load everything together and ship it as one container with one set of documents.
More on importing into Egypt.
Request a quote.
Tell us what you are shipping from Türkiye and where it needs to go in Egypt. We come back with your options.
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