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Imports Data, EID-IMP 2005-2016

Egypt, 2005 - 2016
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EGY_EID_IMP05_16_V2
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Economic Research Forum, General Organization for Export and Import Control
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Exports and Imports Data for Egypt
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May 08, 2017
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  • Identification

    Survey ID
    EGY_EID_IMP05_16_V2
    Title
    Imports Data, EID-IMP 2005-2016
    Country
    Name Country code
    Egypt EGY
    Study type
    Trade, Exports and Imports Data [EID]
    Abstract
    Pursuant to the provisions of the Presidential Decree No. 378/1999, the General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) is an authority directly affiliated to the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, that works as a service provider.
    It aims at customer protection and maintaining the good image of Egypt worldwide through inspecting the quality of imports and exports; using the most recent techniques and methods; in addition to preparing exports and imports statistics and reports.

    GOEIC was established by virtue of the Presidential Decree No. 1770/1971 as a service and executive agency to perform the following activities:
    --- > Specific Import and Export Control, including:
    - Inspection of all imported and exported commodities subject to laws regulating ionized radiations and their risk prevention, as well as food control, agriculture and import and export. As regard to commodities imported through the Temporary Admission System, inspection scope is limited to passing the microbial and blight testing.
    - Inspection of all exported commodities subject to laws regulating ionized radiations and their risk prevention, as well as food control, agriculture and import and export.
    - Overseeing inspection of exported and imported commodities subject to rules governing censorship on literary works and the repression of fraud and cheat, as well as practicing pharmacy besides toxic materials used in industry, control of precious metals and the protection of antiquities, measurements and dry measures.
    - Optional inspection of commodities upon the request of applicants.

    --- > Keeping the following Commercial Register:
    - Importers register.
    - Exporters register.
    - Agents and Commercial Mediators register.
    - Scientific and consultancy Bureau register.
    - Factory production supplies import cards register.
    - Integration cards with Sudan.

    --- >· Issuing the certificates of origin for goods of Egyptian origin and of acquired Egyptian origin.
    --- >· Sorting agriculture crops for crop-specific rating in order to categorize them.
    --- >· Ensuring adherence to traceability system
    --- >· The participation with the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality in the amendment of specifications related to imported foodstuffs and industrial goods.
    --- >· Printing guidebooks and brochures on services provided by GOEIC and its procedures; and to reach out to customers.
    --- >· Doing Research on Exports (challenges & solutions).
    --- >· Designing and printing of brochures to facilitate reaching out to dealers with GOEIC while identifying major steps and procedures pursued for service - rendering.
    --- >· Printing booklets related to Ministry's affiliated bodies and entities.
    --- >· Printing newsletters related to Commercial Registration Administrator.
    --- >· Inspection of contracting samples of imported industrial goods.

    The Organization performs the above-mentioned activities under the following legislation:
    Law No. 118/1971 on import and export and its executive promulgated by the ministerial decree No. 275/1991.
    Law No. 120/1982 on the importers register and the implementing regulation promulgated upon the ministerial decree No. 342/1982 and Law No. 121/1982 on registration in the commercial agents registers and the implementing regulation promulgated as per the ministerial decree No. 343/1982.
    Presidential Decree No. 106/2000.
    Kind of data
    Event/transaction data [evn]
    Unit of analysis
    - Trader importing products controlled through GOEIC

    Version

    Version
    Version 2.0: An updated version of the GOEIC transaction data base on imports, from 2005 to 2016, including data on quantities, prepared for dissemination.
    Version date
    2017-04
    Version notes
    The Economic Research Forum releases the data in both SPSS and STATA formats.

    Scope

    Notes
    For the years 2005-2016; on the trader and the product levels, the data provided indicates:
    1- Country of origin
    2- Country of destination
    3- Port used for importing
    4- Total imports value in US$
    5- Total imports value in EGP
    6- Quantity imported
    7- Quantity unit

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Economic Research Forum
    General Organization for Export and Import Control Egypt

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2005 2016 -
    Data Collectors
    Name
    General Organization for Export and Import Control
    Notes on data collection
    Imports data is retrieved from the customs records.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Economic Research Forum ERF www.erf.org.eg erfdataportal@erf.org.eg
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes To access the micro data, researchers are required to register on the ERF website and comply with the data access agreement.

    The data will be used only for scholarly, research, or educational purposes. Users are prohibited from using data acquired from the Economic Research Forum in the pursuit of any commercial or private ventures.
    Access conditions
    Licensed datasets, accessible under conditions.
    Citation requirement
    The users should cite the Economic Research Forum (ERF) and the General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) as follows:

    OAMDI, 2017. Imports Data, 2005-2016, Exports and Imports Data (EID), http://erf.org.eg/data-portal/. Version 2.0 of Licensed Data Files; Egypt EID-IMP 2005-2016. Egypt: General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) & Economic Research Forum (ERF).

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer
    The Economic Research Forum has granted the researcher access to relevant data following exhaustive efforts to protect the confidentiality of individual data. The researcher is solely responsible for any analysis or conclusions drawn from available data.
    Copyright
    (c) 2017, Economic Research Forum

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    Economic Research Forum (ERF) - 21 Al-Sad Al-Aaly St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt erfdataportal@erf.org.eg www.erf.org.eg

    Metadata production

    Document ID
    EGY_EID_IMP05_16_V2
    Producers
    Name
    Economic Research Forum
    Date of metadata production
    2017-04

    Metadata version

    Version
    Version 2.0
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