Description

Premium Egyptian Peanuts – High-Quality Peanuts for Export

Egypt is a producer of high-quality peanuts, known for their rich, nutty flavor, attractive golden-beige color, firm texture, and excellent nutritional value. Egyptian peanuts are cultivated using advanced agricultural techniques and carefully processed through drying, shelling, cleaning, sorting, and grading to ensure their quality and superior characteristics. The country’s favorable climate and fertile soil support seasonal production, while proper drying and storage allow year-round supply, making Egyptian peanuts an attractive choice for importers worldwide.

Why Choose Egyptian Peanuts?

• Superior taste, attractive golden-beige color, and firm, crunchy texture
• Grown and processed under strict quality control measures
• Meets international export standards for safety and quality
• Competitive pricing and flexible packaging options
• Reliable supply throughout the year, subject to stock availability

Why Source Peanuts from NILVIDA?

• Premium Export Quality: Carefully selected, shelled, cleaned, sorted, and packed to meet international buyer standards
• Certified Suppliers: Production and processing with traceability and international food safety compliance, subject to supplier certification
• Efficient Supply Chain: Fast documentation, customs support, and appropriate storage and transportation logistics
• Large-Scale Fulfillment: Consistent volumes available for both wholesale distribution and retail programs, subject to stock availability

Importing Egyptian Peanuts – Easy and Efficient

Our peanuts are exported following strict quality checks, customized packaging, and reliable shipping arrangements. We handle applicable phytosanitary certificates, customs clearance, and compliance with import regulations.

Identity & Commercial

• HS Code: 120242 (Shelled groundnuts, whether or not broken, not roasted or otherwise cooked; roasted or otherwise prepared peanuts may fall under heading 2008).
• Country of Origin: Egypt (subject to confirmation of the supplied lot).
• Seasonality:
  Peanut harvesting mainly from September to December, depending on variety, weather conditions, and production schedules. Dried peanuts are available almost year-round from properly stored production.
• Size / Count:
  Whole shelled peanut kernels, including blanched or skinless varieties where available; typical commercial sizes include 38/42, 40/50, 50/60 and 60/70 kernels per ounce, depending on variety and grade. Specific sizes and counts agreed with the buyer.
• Lead Time:
  8-12 working days from order confirmation and receipt of advance / LC to prepare, inspect and load containers.
• Minimum Order:
  One full container per product (20′ or 40′ depending on loading requirements; mixed loads or smaller orders may be possible subject to confirmation).
• Grade:
  Export quality, with kernel size, color, moisture content, purity, and visual quality agreed with the buyer before packing.
• Payment Terms:
  LC at sight; or TT 70% advance and 30% against scanned shipping documents (balance before release of originals).
• Price Basis & Validity:
  Indicative prices only; final price to be confirmed according to market, peanut variety, size, grade, packaging specification and destination, and fixed only in the formal offer/proforma invoice.
• Post-Harvest Treatments:
  Drying, shelling, cleaning, destoning, sorting, grading, blanching or skin removal (where required), and packing; no processing chemicals other than approved food-grade materials, unless requested and permitted by destination.

Packaging & Logistics

• Unit Net Mass:
  Typical options: 25 kg or 50 kg net per bag.
• Estimated Net Weight per Container:
  Net weight per 20′ or 40′ dry container to be confirmed according to packaging type, palletization, container payload limits, and loading configuration.
• Primary Packaging:
  New food-grade polypropylene woven bags with suitable inner liners, multi-layer paper bags, or other approved food-grade packaging, usually 25–50 kg net depending on product.
• Unit Gross Mass:
  Net weight plus approx. 0.1–0.3 kg for bag and packing materials (varies by packaging configuration).
• Pre-Shipment Storage:
  Stored in clean, cool, dry, and well-ventilated conditions with appropriate moisture, pest, and humidity control. Carrying conditions set according to commodity, packaging, and destination, with protection against moisture, excessive heat, and contamination maintained.
• Ports of Loading (POL):
  Main Egyptian export ports: Alexandria, Damietta, Port Said and Sokhna (port selection depends on schedule and destination).

Quality & Docs

• Grade Basis:
  Based on kernel size, color, cleanliness, moisture content, uniformity, and external appearance; internal quality, kernel integrity, broken percentage, and aflatoxin levels checked according to product and destination market.
• Defect Tolerances:
  Final tolerances to be agreed per contract and applicable grade standards; limits for broken, damaged, shriveled, discolored, or defective kernels to be confirmed before shipment. No visible mold, live infestation, or unacceptable foreign matter in packed product; aflatoxin levels must comply with applicable destination regulations.
• MRL Compliance:
  Peanuts sourced to comply with applicable EU and GCC food safety requirements, including pesticide residue limits, aflatoxin limits, microbiological criteria, and relevant contaminant standards. Recent laboratory analyses for aflatoxins B1 and total aflatoxins, moisture, and other required parameters to be provided or arranged according to buyer requirements and supplier confirmation.
• Traceability:
  Full traceability from agricultural source through drying, shelling, processing, and packing facility to container, using lot numbers and bag coding.
• Certifications:
  Official Phytosanitary Certificate, aflatoxin analysis reports, and quality/health inspection documentation where required; additional private certifications (GlobalG.A.P., ISO, HACCP, BRCGS etc.) available depending on supplier and lot, subject to valid certification.
• Shipping Marks:
  As per buyer artwork and instructions (brand, product, size, crop year, origin, packing date, batch number, barcodes and handling marks).
• Shipping Documents:
  Commercial Invoice, Packing List, Phytosanitary Certificate (where required), Certificate of Origin, Bill of Lading, and applicable aflatoxin analysis certificates; any additional documents required by the destination can be arranged by prior agreement.