Egypt produces caustic soda (sodium hydroxide, NaOH) primarily through the chlor-alkali process — electrolysis of brine (sodium chloride solution) yielding chlorine gas, hydrogen, and sodium hydroxide. The industry concentrates around three main producers:

Total domestic NaOH demand sits around 180,000–220,000 MT/year, with the largest end-uses being:

The single largest cost in chlor-alkali production is vacuum salt or solar salt feedstock — typically 1.6–1.8 MT salt per MT NaOH produced. Membrane-cell plants need ultra-low calcium + magnesium + sulfate brine to avoid membrane fouling.

Egypt Globe Group supplies chlor-alkali grade salt from Egyptian Mediterranean and Red Sea solar salt fields, with typical specs:

• NaCl ≥ 99.5% (dry basis)
• Ca²⁺ ≤ 0.05%
• Mg²⁺ ≤ 0.03%
• SO₄²⁻ ≤ 0.10%
• Insolubles ≤ 0.02%
• Heavy metals (Pb, As, Cd, Hg) ≤ ppm-level

This grade meets the brine purification requirements of modern membrane-cell electrolyzers (Asahi, Chlorine Engineers, Thyssenkrupp Uhde) without the customer needing extensive ion-exchange polishing.

Egypt is a net importer of liquid caustic soda 50% (gap of ~30,000 MT/year sourced mostly from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Russia), but exports solid caustic flakes to East Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti) and West Africa where local production is limited.

For international procurement officers sourcing Egyptian caustic soda flakes for the African market, the main loading ports are Damietta (containerized) and Ain Sokhna (Red Sea side, for East African destinations). MOQ typically starts at 20 MT (1 FCL of 25 kg bags) for flakes.

We don't produce caustic soda — but we play two roles in the value chain:

1. Salt feedstock supplier — chlor-alkali grade vacuum salt from Egyptian solar fields, ≥99.5% NaCl, FOB any Egyptian port
2. Procurement intelligence — connecting international buyers of Egyptian caustic to verified producers, with quote consolidation and shipment coordination

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