Phosphate — Egyptian Rock Phosphate, SSP & TSP Exporter
Egyptian phosphate exporter — Red Sea and Abu Tartur rock phosphate 28–30 % P₂O₅ (up to 68 % BPL), SSP 18 % P₂O₅ and TSP 46 % P₂O₅. Per-lot port-lab CoA, SGS inspection, bulk vessel from Damietta, Alexandria, Ain Sokhna, Adabiya.
Phosphate at a glance
Commercial and logistics terms across the 6 SKUs in this line. Each SKU page carries its own specification sheet and test methods; every lot is analysed before the Bill of Lading.
Phosphate — commercial reference
- Products in this line
- 6 SKUs
- HS codes
- 2510.10 · 3103.11 · 3103.19
- Origin
- Safaga, Upper Egypt · Egypt, Abu Tartur · Egypt, Red Sea
- Minimum order
- 500–1,000 MT
- Lead time
- 2–5 weeks from confirmed order
- Packing
- Bulk vessel · 1 MT FIBC jumbo bags · 50 kg PP woven bags · 1.25 MT FIBC · 50 kg PP bag
- Loading ports
- Damietta · Ain Sokhna · Alexandria · El Dekheila · Adabiya
- Destination regions
- East Africa · South Asia · Far East · Mediterranean · Red Sea & Gulf · Latin America · West Africa
- Standards & documents
- ISO 9001:2015 · SGS · Egyptian Standard · SGS verified
- Incoterms
- FOB · CFR · CIF
Taken from the SKU records in this line. Grade-specific limits and test methods are on each SKU page.
6 products ready for export
SSP — Single Super Phosphate 18% P₂O₅
TSP — Triple Super Phosphate 46% P₂O₅
Phosphate Rock
Rock Phosphate 28% P₂O₅ Standard
Rock Phosphate 30% P₂O₅
Triple Super Phosphate TSP
Phosphate — Egyptian rock phosphate, SSP and TSP with guaranteed P₂O₅
Egypt holds sedimentary phosphate along the Red Sea coast (Safaga – Quseir belt), in the Nile Valley and at Abu Tartur in the Western Desert, and is one of the few African producers that both exports rock and converts it into superphosphate. Egypt Globe Group supplies run-of-mine and ground rock at 28–30 % P₂O₅ (up to 68 % BPL from Safaga) to acid and fertilizer plants, and granular SSP 18 % P₂O₅ and TSP 46 % P₂O₅ to importers and blenders, from Damietta, Alexandria, El Dekheila, Ain Sokhna and Adabiya.
Phosphate contracts settle on P₂O₅, and P₂O₅ is where lot-to-lot drift costs most: a rock cargo one point under grade changes acid-plant economics; a TSP lot with low water-soluble P₂O₅ underperforms in the field. Many regional exporters rely on a single mine certificate. Egypt Globe Group's Quality Assurance division — at the nucleus of the group since 2014 — re-samples every lot at the loading port, runs P₂O₅, moisture and sieve analysis in the port laboratory and issues the CoA before the B/L. A lot outside specification is rejected at the port, never re-graded or renegotiated.
Technical specification
Phosphate rock — Physical properties
| Parameter | Specification | Test method | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Form | Run-of-mine lump or ground concentrate | Visual / sieve | Contract |
| Particle size (ground) | 90 % passing 150 µm | EN 1235 / wet sieving | Contract |
| Moisture | ≤ 3 % | EN 12049 (105 °C) | Contract |
Phosphate rock — Chemical analysis
| Parameter | Limit | Test method | QA sampling |
|---|---|---|---|
| P₂O₅ — standard grade (EGG-PHO-002, Abu Tartur) | 28 % | EN 15956 / gravimetric | Per lot |
| P₂O₅ — high grade (EGG-PHO-004, Red Sea) | 30 % | EN 15956 / gravimetric | Per lot |
| BPL (EGG-PHO-001, Safaga) | 68 % | Calculated, P₂O₅ × 2.185 | Per lot |
| CaO | 46–50 % | XRF / complexometric | Per lot |
| Cadmium | ≤ 20 mg/kg | ICP-MS | Per lot |
SSP 18 % and TSP 46 % — comparison
| Parameter | SSP 18 % P₂O₅ | TSP 46 % P₂O₅ | Test method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total P₂O₅ | 18 % (water + citrate-soluble) | ≥ 46 % (water-soluble) | EN 15956 / 15957 / 15958 |
| Sulphur · calcium | S 12 % · Ca 19 % | Ca 15 % | Gravimetric / complexometric |
| Free acid (as P₂O₅) | ≤ 4 % | ≤ 3 % | Titrimetric |
| Moisture | ≤ 8 % | ≤ 2 % | EN 12049 |
| Particle size | 1–4 mm, grey / brown | 2–4 mm, grey, free-flowing | EN 1235 |
| Origin · HS code | Egypt · 3103.19.00 | Egypt · 3103.11.00 | — |
EGG-PHO-003 is the Egyptian TSP 46 % P₂O₅ SKU offered CIF / DAP with destination registration support.
Phosphate — Logistical & QA parameters
- MOQ — containerised (FCL)
- 200 MT SSP / TSP bagged
- MOQ — break-bulk vessel
- Rock 1,000 MT (standard grade from 5,000 MT; programmes to 100,000–200,000 MT); SSP / TSP 500 MT
- Packing
- Bulk vessel · 1 / 1.25 MT FIBC · 50 kg PP woven bags (SSP / TSP)
- Loading ports
- Damietta (EGDAM), Alexandria (EGALY), El Dekheila (EGEDK), Ain Sokhna (EGSOK); SSP / TSP also Adabiya (EGADA)
- Incoterms
- FOB / CFR / CIF; DAP / DDP on request
- Lead time
- 2–4 weeks rock; 3–5 weeks SSP / TSP
- Independent inspection protocol
- SGS (Intertek or TÜV Austria on request): draft survey, sampling per ISO 8633, witness P₂O₅ and moisture, hold inspection, sealed samples
- Internal QA gate
- Per-lot port-laboratory CoA issued before B/L; an out-of-specification lot is rejected at the loading port, never re-graded or renegotiated
- HS codes
- 2510.10 (rock) · 3103.19 (SSP) · 3103.11 (TSP)
QA verification chain
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1
Mine / beneficiation plant
Mine-face and concentrate grade control; plant release P₂O₅ and moisture
EvidenceMine assay, plant CoA
Mine QC + EGG QA · per lot
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2
SSP / TSP plant
Acidulation control, curing, granule size and free-acid check before bagging
EvidencePlant CoA, bagging log
Plant QC + EGG supervisor · per shift
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3
Port laboratory
Composite sample per ISO 8633; P₂O₅ (EN 15956–15959), moisture (EN 12049), sieve (EN 1235)
EvidencePer-lot CoA before B/L
EGG port QC · per lot
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4
Independent inspection
Draft survey, sampling, witness analysis, sealed samples
EvidenceSGS / Intertek / TÜV Austria certificate
Appointed body · per shipment
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5
Destination acceptance
Buyer re-test against the CoA and sealed loading-port samples; voyage condition under B/L and marine insurance
EvidenceCoA, inspection certificate, B/L
Buyer · on discharge
Applications & markets
Rock for phosphoric-acid, superphosphate and DAP plants and direct application on acidic soils; SSP for sulphur- and calcium-responsive soils; TSP for concentrated programmes and NPK blending — agriculture, industrial chemistry, mining in Egypt, Egypt HS 3105 fertilizer exports; import guides for India and Brazil.
Standards & documentation
- EN 15956–15959 (phosphorus), EN 12049 (moisture), EN 1235 / 1236 (sieving, bulk density), ISO 8633 sampling; Egyptian Standard for superphosphates.
- ISO 9001 certified supply · quality and compliance · documentation · inspection · HS codes · Incoterms 2020 · vessel sizes.
Weighing origins? Egyptian vs Moroccan phosphate rock compares grade, cadmium, loading ports and 2025 export data side by side.
2 industries served
Each industry page carries its own specification window, standards and the matching SKUs.
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