Soybean meal from Brazil to Egypt: landed cost
Short answer: On this lane, landed cost at an Egyptian mill is typically 15–30% above the Brazilian FOB price once freight, marine insurance, duty, port and clearance, inland trucking and LC cost are added. Compare offers on landed cost per tonne of protein at a stated moisture, not on the FOB headline.
Brazil to Egypt is a long-haul Atlantic-to-Mediterranean lane usually moved as bulk soybean meal in handysize or supramax parcels, with containerised lots used for smaller mills and for pellet or hipro grades that need segregation. The cost gap between two offers on this lane is usually not the FOB price — it is the freight basis, the protein and moisture basis, and who carries discharge and demurrage.
Paranaguá / Santos / Rio Grande
Alexandria / Damietta / Ain Sokhna
Typically 20–30 days port to port from Southern Brazil, plus load-port line-up waiting that can add a further 5–20 days in the February–May harvest peak.
Bulk parcels of 6,000–30,000 t in handysize/supramax, or 25–27 t per 40 ft container for smaller lots.
Worked landed cost: Brazil → Egypt
Every figure below is an illustrative planning input, not a live rate or an offer. Overwrite each one with your own supplier quotation, forwarder rate, tariff line and bank cost — the table recalculates as you type, in your browser only.
| Cost line | Your figure | Where the real number comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Supplier quotation — From the supplier's written offer, on a stated moisture and specification basis. | ||
| Supplier quotation — Contract quantity, before any weight-franchise tolerance. | ||
| Freight forwarder quotation — Quote for the specific load port, discharge port and cargo form (bulk or containerised). | ||
| Your bank or insurer — Your marine cargo policy rate; higher for bagged and transhipped cargo. | ||
| Customs tariff / broker — Confirm against your own tariff schedule and HS classification, including any preferential rate. | ||
| Customs tariff / broker — Some destinations zero-rate feed raw materials; verify before assuming. | ||
| Port / terminal tariff — Stevedoring, THC, sampling and laboratory, agency and broker fees for the whole shipment. | ||
| Freight forwarder quotation — Port-to-mill trucking or rail at your actual distance. | ||
| Your bank or insurer — Issuance, confirmation and tenor cost from your bank. | ||
| Port / terminal tariff — Handling and moisture loss between bill of lading weight and mill intake weight. |
Cost build-up
| Component | Shipment total | Per tonne |
|---|---|---|
| Goods (FOB) | USD 1,925,000 | USD 385.00 |
| Ocean freight | USD 260,000 | USD 52.00 |
| Marine insurance | USD 7,647 | USD 1.53 |
| Import duty | USD 43,853 | USD 8.77 |
| VAT / GST | USD 0 | USD 0.00 |
| Port, discharge & clearance | USD 42,000 | USD 8.40 |
| Inland to mill | USD 70,000 | USD 14.00 |
| LC / trade finance | USD 39,468 | USD 7.89 |
| CIF at discharge port | USD 2,192,648 | USD 438.53 |
| Landed at mill (over 4,975 t net of loss) | USD 2,387,968 | USD 479.99 |
Landed cost is 24.7% above the FOB price you entered. That gap — not the FOB headline — is what makes two offers on different Incoterms comparable.
Requirement summary
- Ingredient
- Soybean meal
- Lane
- Brazil → Egypt
- Quantity
- 5,000 t
- FOB entered
- USD 385.00 / t
- Duty / VAT entered
- 2% / 0%
- Loss allowance
- 0.5%
Calculated outputs
- CIF per tonne
- USD 438.53 / t
- Landed per tonne at mill
- USD 479.99 / t
- Shipment landed value
- USD 2,387,968
- Premium over FOB
- 24.7%
How it was calculated
Landed = (unit price × quantity) + freight + insurance + port/inspection/testing + (dutiable base × duty %) + taxes + demurrage + inland + finance cost, divided by delivered tonnes net of the loss/shrinkage % you enter. Where a nutrient basis matters, cost per usable dry-matter tonne = landed per tonne ÷ dry-matter fraction.
Model landed-cost · version 2.0.0 · last reviewed 2026-08-21 · full methodology
Data sources
- Your supplier's written quotation (price, specification, Incoterm)
- Your freight forwarder (ocean and inland rates for this exact port pair)
- Your customs broker and the destination tariff schedule (duty, VAT, HS classification)
- Your bank (LC cost, FX rate and rate date)
- Values you entered are treated as buyer input; pre-filled ingredient composition is generic reference data, not a supply guarantee, and should be replaced with your supplier specification or laboratory result.
Key assumptions
- Dry-matter correction only applies where you enter a moisture figure; do not compare an as-fed price with a dry-matter price.
- Every cost line is user-entered. No freight rate, duty rate, tax rate or exchange rate is fabricated or auto-filled from a market feed.
- Tariff classification and duty rates must be confirmed against your own customs tariff and HS classification.
Warnings and limitations
- The pre-filled figures on this page are illustrative planning values compiled from FeedMatch quotation work. They are not live market rates, not offers, and will not match your shipment.
- Duty, VAT and admissibility for soybean meal into Egypt change over time — confirm the current position before contracting.
- Excluded by default: demurrage beyond what you enter, storage after delivery, quality-claim outcomes, currency hedging cost.
Planning and procurement estimate only. Final formulations, ingredient inclusion, nutrient targets, feed safety, additive use and regulatory compliance must be approved by appropriately qualified professionals and the responsible manufacturer.
Next procurement step
Have the values above reviewed by the responsible professionals, then carry the approved figures into a request for quotation. Nothing is sent until you review and submit it yourself.
Request comparable offers for Brazil → EgyptIncoterm and freight basis
| Term | Who pays what | Where risk passes | Use when |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOB load port | Buyer books and pays ocean freight and insurance | When cargo is loaded on board at the Brazilian port | You have your own freight arrangements and want the freight cost visible and competitive. |
| CFR / CIF discharge port | Seller books freight (and insurance under CIF) | Still on loading at origin — CIF does not move risk to discharge | You want one number, and accept that the seller's freight margin is inside it. |
| DAP mill | Seller covers to your gate but not import duty or clearance unless DDP | On arrival at the named place | You lack in-country logistics capacity — but confirm in writing who is importer of record. |
CIF is a cost term, not a risk term. Under CIF the seller pays freight and insurance but risk still passes at the load port, so a discharge-port loss is your claim against the policy, not against the seller.
Documents required on Brazil → Egypt
Typical HS heading: 2304.00. Oil-cake and other solid residues from soybean oil extraction. Egyptian tariff treatment of feed raw materials has changed more than once; confirm the current rate and any exemption for registered feed manufacturers with your broker before you price the offer.
| Document | Issued by | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial invoice and packing list | Supplier | Basis of customs valuation; must match the LC and the bill of lading exactly. |
| Bill of lading (3 originals) | Carrier | Title document; a missing original stops release and starts demurrage. |
| Certificate of origin | Origin chamber of commerce | Determines any preferential duty treatment. |
| Phytosanitary certificate | Brazilian MAPA | Required for plant-origin feed material at Egyptian import control. |
| Certificate of analysis (protein, moisture, fat, fibre, urease, ash) | Supplier / independent surveyor | The contractual quality basis; specify the method for each parameter. |
| GMO / non-GMO declaration | Supplier | Brazilian soybean meal is predominantly GM; the declaration must match your registration and label. |
| Independent survey report (weight and quality at load) | SGS / Intertek / Control Union | Your only leverage in a discharge-port quality dispute. |
| Fumigation certificate where required | Licensed fumigator | Requested for containerised and some bulk consignments. |
| Insurance certificate (CIF) | Insurer | Must cover warehouse-to-warehouse, not port-to-port only. |
Check at discharge
- Crude protein and moisture on the contractual method, with the protein-adjustment clause priced in the contract, not settled by argument afterwards.
- Urease activity and KOH protein solubility to catch over- or under-processing during the voyage-length storage.
- Free fatty acid and any heating or caking in the stow, which is the usual long-haul failure.
- Salmonella and mycotoxin screen against your incoming-QC panel before the cargo enters the mill bins.
What goes wrong on this lane
- Load-port line-up delay in the harvest peak that pushes arrival past your bin cover.
- Weight difference between bill-of-lading and mill intake weight with no agreed franchise clause.
- Duty or exemption status changing between contracting and arrival.
- FX availability and LC confirmation cost in the destination market, which can exceed the freight difference between two offers.
Seasonality: Brazilian crush peaks after the February–May soybean harvest; FOB basis is usually softest in this window and load-port line-ups are longest. Q4 competes with corn and sugar for the same berths.
Request comparable offers on this lane
The request opens prefilled with the soybean meal specification lines above, the Brazil → Egypt routing, and your current quantity and modelled landed cost, so every supplier quotes on one basis. Sourcing is free for buyers; suppliers compensate FeedMatch.
Related pages
- Soybean meal buyer hub
- Soybean meal import documentation
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- Egypt feed mill modernization projects
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FAQ
What is the landed cost of soybean meal from Brazil to Egypt?
On this lane, landed cost at an Egyptian mill is typically 15–30% above the Brazilian FOB price once freight, marine insurance, duty, port and clearance, inland trucking and LC cost are added. Compare offers on landed cost per tonne of protein at a stated moisture, not on the FOB headline. Use the worked table on this page with your own supplier, forwarder, broker and bank figures — the illustrative values shown are planning inputs, not live rates or offers.
Which Incoterm should I buy soybean meal on for this lane?
CIF is a cost term, not a risk term. Under CIF the seller pays freight and insurance but risk still passes at the load port, so a discharge-port loss is your claim against the policy, not against the seller.
What documents are required to import soybean meal into Egypt?
Commercial invoice and packing list; Bill of lading (3 originals); Certificate of origin; Phytosanitary certificate; Certificate of analysis (protein, moisture, fat, fibre, urease, ash); GMO / non-GMO declaration; Independent survey report (weight and quality at load); Fumigation certificate where required; Insurance certificate (CIF). Typical HS heading 2304.00. Oil-cake and other solid residues from soybean oil extraction. Egyptian tariff treatment of feed raw materials has changed more than once; confirm the current rate and any exemption for registered feed manufacturers with your broker before you price the offer.
How long does shipment take from Brazil to Egypt?
Typically 20–30 days port to port from Southern Brazil, plus load-port line-up waiting that can add a further 5–20 days in the February–May harvest peak.
What should I check when the cargo arrives?
Crude protein and moisture on the contractual method, with the protein-adjustment clause priced in the contract, not settled by argument afterwards. Urease activity and KOH protein solubility to catch over- or under-processing during the voyage-length storage. Free fatty acid and any heating or caking in the stow, which is the usual long-haul failure. Salmonella and mycotoxin screen against your incoming-QC panel before the cargo enters the mill bins.