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Key takeaways
- Serving Cairo via Alexandria
- Day-surgery and clinic kits available
- Local-language labelling on request
- Catalogue in 24 hours
The healthcare market in Cairo
Cairo is one of Egypt's main healthcare centres, with demand from Unified Procurement Authority and private hospitals. New clinics, diagnostic centres and day-surgery units open every year, all needing reliable surgical consumables.
What a typical clinic should stock
- Minor surgery instrument sets and scalpel blades
- Sutures, dressings and skin-closure strips
- Gloves, masks, gowns and disinfectants
- Catheters, syringes and IV sets
What hospitals order
Full OT instrument sets, sterilisation trays, anaesthesia and airway consumables, ICU disposables and ward furniture.
Delivery to Cairo
Goods clear at Alexandria and move inland by road or domestic air. Our partners can quote door delivery to Cairo.
Other cities we serve in Egypt
Alexandria, Giza, Port Said, Suez, Mansoura, Tanta, Asyut, Luxor, Aswan, Ismailia, Zagazig.
Ordering frequency for Cairo buyers
Single clinics typically reorder quarterly by air or small LCL; hospital groups and chains consolidate into FCL containers every 6–8 weeks to keep per-unit freight low.
A single clinic order compared with a chain order
- Single clinic: smaller SKU count, air-freight backup, faster reorder cycle
- Hospital group: full category range, FCL consolidation, dedicated account pricing
Sea freight
16–22 days
To Alexandria from Mundra or Nhava Sheva. Best for FCL/LCL container orders and mixed-category shipments.
Air freight
3–5 days
From Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi or Chennai. Best for urgent, tender or high-value orders.
Documents we provide for Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA)
- ISO 13485:2016 certificate of the manufacturing site
- CE certificate or declaration of conformity per product family
- Certificate of Free Sale issued in India
- Technical file / product dossier formatted for the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA)
- Certificate of origin, commercial invoice and packing list
- Batch-wise certificate of analysis and sterilisation validation (for sterile items)
Where healthcare construction is growing in Egypt
- New Administrative Capital - Egypt's new capital with a large medical-city programme
- New Alamein - a new coastal city adding hospitals and clinics
Get the Egypt surgical supply catalogue
Full catalogue and a CIF price list for Egypt, sent within one business day.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get a surgical supply catalogue for Egypt?+
Request it on the GlobalSurgicals catalogue form or WhatsApp our export desk. We send the full catalogue and a Egypt price list (CIF Alexandria) within one business day.
How long does shipping from India to Egypt take?+
Sea freight to Alexandria takes about 16–22 days; air freight about 3–5 days.
Do you have a distributor in Cairo?+
We supply Cairo buyers directly and through partner distributors. Contact our export desk and we will connect you with the right option.