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A container terminal at first light — Industry imagery · not a photograph of a BABEL operation

BABEL — EXPORT & INTERNATIONAL TRADE

A trading house that writes everything down.

You will know exactly what is coming, and when.

287
shipments completed
32
clients worldwide
14
traded lines
13
documents per shipment

About BABEL

BABEL is an Egyptian limited liability company, registered in Cairo under commercial register 181502, trading fertilisers, cement and clinker into international markets.

We work the way a bank and a customs authority need us to work. Specification, grade, packing, Incoterm, tolerance, inspection and timeline are agreed on paper before a cargo moves, and a shipment travels with the full set of thirteen trade documents — in Arabic and in English, both to the same standard.

Quality is not asserted; it is certified per shipment. Every consignment carries its own Certificate of Analysis, and specifications are confirmed against supplier documentation before an offer is ever made.

About the company

What we trade

To make cross-border supply predictable — so that a factory in one country can plan its production around a cargo that is still in another.

Jumbo bags on pallets in a transit warehouse — Industry imagery · not a photograph of a BABEL operation

Fertilisers

Ten lines, from urea and NPK compounds to rock phosphate and the superphosphates.

10 products

A bulk carrier loading dry cargo from a shore conveyor — Industry imagery · not a photograph of a BABEL operation

Cement & Clinker

Four lines to EN 197-1 classes, and clinker for Type I and Type II cement.

4 products

Selected lines

Four of the fourteen lines

Each is published with the assay, the grade, the packing and the customs classification a buyer needs to price it.

A shiploader filling a hold at dusk — Industry imagery · not a photograph of a BABEL operation

NPK

N 15% · P₂O₅ 15% · K₂O 15%

HS 3105.20

A bulk carrier loading dry cargo from a shore conveyor — Industry imagery · not a photograph of a BABEL operation

Cement Clinker

CaO 65.78 · SiO₂ 21.02 · Al₂O₃ 6.11 · Fe₂O₃ 3.89

HS 2523.10

All fourteen lines

From quay to destination port

A cargo is documented before it moves, and the paperwork travels with it.

How we work

01

Written, not implied — specification, grade, packing, Incoterm, tolerance, inspection and timeline exist on paper before anything moves.

02

Say the grade, not the adjective — “high quality” tells a buyer nothing. 46.0 % N minimum, 1.0 % biuret maximum, 50 kg PP, tells them everything.

03

The document is the product — a cargo that arrives without a clean set of documents has not arrived.

04

Two languages, one standard — Arabic and English are equal working languages here: the same speed, the same precision, the same person.

05

Answer, including when the answer is no — silence is the most expensive thing a trader can send.

Trade documentation

Thirteen documents, in both languages, issued in a fixed order.

The document is the product — a cargo that arrives without a clean set of documents has not arrived.

Read the document set
Quayside inspection of prilled material against a written record — Industry imagery · not a photograph of a BABEL operation

Where the material comes from

Trading partners and principals

Fourteen traded lines come out of these works. The relationship differs by company and is stated in the offer; which producer supplies a given cargo is confirmed there in writing, and the mill's own documentation travels with the shipment.

  • El Nasr Company for Intermediate Chemicals (NCIC)El Nasr Company for Intermediate Chemicals (NCIC)
  • Egyptian Company for Phosphate Marketing & Phosphate FertilizersEgyptian Company for Phosphate Marketing & Phosphate Fertilizers
  • El Nasr Mining CompanyEl Nasr Mining Company
  • Phosphate Misr CompanyPhosphate Misr Company
  • Evergrow for Specialty FertilizersEvergrow for Specialty Fertilizers
  • Abu Qir Fertilizers & Chemical Industries Company S.A.E.Abu Qir Fertilizers & Chemical Industries Company S.A.E.
  • Helwan Fertilizers Company S.A.E.Helwan Fertilizers Company S.A.E.
  • Alexandria Fertilizers Company (AlexFert)Alexandria Fertilizers Company (AlexFert)
  • Jordan Phosphate Mines Company plc (JPMC)Jordan Phosphate Mines Company plc (JPMC)
  • OCP Group S.A.OCP Group S.A.
  • PJSC PhosAgroPJSC PhosAgro
  • El Arish Cement Company S.A.E.El Arish Cement Company S.A.E.
  • Suez Cement Company S.A.E.Suez Cement Company S.A.E.
  • Misr Beni Suef Cement Company S.A.E. (MBCC)Misr Beni Suef Cement Company S.A.E. (MBCC)
  • Al Nahda CementAl Nahda Cement