GASC & Egyptian mills — Russian wheat 12.5%, FOB or CIF Damietta & Alexandria
Egypt is the world’s largest wheat buyer. This page is the commercial landing for 12.5% protein Russian milling wheat sold FOB Novorossiysk or CIF Damietta / Alexandria — GASC-oriented tenders and private mill programmes. Country context stays on Russia–Egypt grain.
- GASC-oriented 12.5% · GOST 9353-2016
- FOB load port or CIF named Egyptian port
- SGS, phytosanitary, CoO, radioactivity declaration
GASC route · at a glance
No tender numbers or award volumes on this page.
| Buyers | GASC + private Egyptian mills |
|---|---|
| Grade | Milling wheat 12.5% protein |
| Load | FOB Novorossiysk (Tuapse / Taman as stem) |
| CIF options | Damietta · Alexandria |
| Lot size | Bulk 3,000–60,000 MT · bags from 500 MT |
| CIF freight | Quoted case-by-case |
GASC tender programmes vs private mill offtake
Egyptian wheat demand splits in two. GASC (the General Authority for Supply Commodities) is the state buyer. Private flour mills buy for their own grind. Both sides, on this corridor, ask for the same core grain: Russian milling wheat 12.5% protein, GOST 9353-2016, wet gluten in the 23–32% range, falling number at least 250 seconds, moisture at most 13.5%. The difference is not the kernel. The difference is the contract wrapper. A GASC-oriented programme is built around a tender pack: phytosanitary certificate, certificate of origin, SGS inspection, radioactivity declaration, and the forms the tender requires. A private mill programme is a commercial sale of the same 12.5% spec, FOB or CIF, without pretending it is a public award.
This page does not list GASC tender numbers, award volumes, or “we won X tonnes” claims. Those figures are not published here, and inventing them would be worse than omitting them. If you are preparing a tender response, send the tender’s technical sheet and the named discharge (Damietta or Alexandria on this landing; other Egyptian ports are discussed on the Egypt market page). If you are a mill buying for your own silo, send protein, volume, packing and whether you want FOB Novorossiysk or CIF to a named Mediterranean port. The desk treats both as 12.5% Russian wheat on the Black Sea–East Med water — not as a country brochure.
- Same grain: 12.5% GASC-oriented milling wheat
- Tender path: full documentary pack, no invented award stats
- Private path: commercial FOB or CIF to the mill’s port
- Escrow settlement against shipping documents
FOB Novorossiysk or CIF Damietta & Alexandria
FOB Novorossiysk is the load term when the buyer — or the freight arrangement sitting behind a GASC purchase — nominates the vessel. MOSTAGRO delivers the wheat over the ship’s rail at the Black Sea load port, with SGS sampling against the 12.5% contract. Sister load ports Tuapse and Taman are used when the stem or draft fits better there; Azov and Rostov-on-Don remain available for smaller lots. The buyer (or their charterer) carries ocean freight, insurance and the Mediterranean discharge. That is the clean split: we control the grain and the load; they control the ship.
CIF Damietta and CIF Alexandria reverse that split for mills that do not want to charter. Freight and insurance to the named Egyptian port sit in the seller’s package. Discharge, import clearance and inland haulage stay with the mill. CIF is always quoted case-by-case. There is no published CIF Damietta dollar figure on this site, and we will not invent one. The only indicative load-port number already published is USD 165 / MT FOB Novorossiysk for 12.5% milling wheat on milling wheat — useful as a FOB reference, not as an Egyptian CIF. If the mill’s silo is not Damietta or Alexandria, say so on the enquiry; the Egypt market page lists further Mediterranean and Red Sea hubs. This route page stays on the two named CIF ports plus FOB.
- FOB: buyer nominates vessel · we load 12.5% at Novorossiysk
- CIF Damietta or Alexandria: freight + insurance to named port
- CIF add-on moves with vessel, laycan and port — case-by-case
- Bulk 3,000–60,000 MT · bagged from 500 MT
What travels with a 12.5% cargo to Egypt
Egyptian buyers — state or private — buy on documents as much as they buy on protein. A working set for this corridor is: bill of lading, packing list, phytosanitary certificate, certificate of origin, SGS (or named inspector) report covering protein, gluten, falling number, moisture and admixture, and a radioactivity declaration where the tender or mill requires it. We do not substitute a marketing PDF for that pack. If a GASC tender adds forms, those forms are prepared against the tender text, not against a generic “Egypt” checklist. Private mills that already have an import licence usually need the quality and origin documents without the tender wrapper.
Quality itself is the GOST 9353-2016 milling wheat the product page specifies: 11.5–14% protein available, 12.5% the GASC-oriented standard on this route. Wet gluten 23–32%, falling number ≥250 s, moisture ≤13.5%. SGS samples before sailing. Settlement is digital-asset escrow: funds lock at contract signing and release against the shipping documents. No bank letter of credit is required. Laycan at the load port is coordinated with the buyer’s discharge window at Damietta or Alexandria when we are on CIF; under FOB, NOR and demurrage sit with the vessel the buyer nominated — see FOB Novorossiysk and logistics for the load-port mechanic.
Send grade (12.5% unless you need another protein), volume,
FOB or CIF, named port, packing and laycan to
or
+972 55-507-1227. Quote within
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milling wheat. For the
country picture — why Egypt is the world’s #1 wheat importer,
baladi bread, additional ports — use
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This URL exists so a search for GASC 12.5% FOB or CIF Damietta
lands on one corridor and one grade, not on a market overview.
GASC & Egyptian mills — questions
Do you supply GASC tenders and private mills on the same 12.5% grade?
Yes. The core grade is GASC-oriented milling wheat 12.5% protein under GOST 9353-2016. GASC programmes need the tender documentary pack. Private mills often buy the same protein on a commercial contract without a public tender. We do not publish GASC award volumes or tender numbers.
FOB Novorossiysk or CIF Damietta and Alexandria — which should we use?
Use FOB Novorossiysk when the buyer or GASC freight arrangement nominates the vessel. Use CIF Damietta or CIF Alexandria when the mill wants freight and insurance included to the named Egyptian port. CIF is quoted case-by-case; we do not publish a CIF dollar figure.
What documents travel with a GASC-oriented wheat cargo?
Typical set: bill of lading, phytosanitary certificate, certificate of origin, SGS inspection report and radioactivity declaration, plus packing list. Private mill contracts use the same quality documents; tender forms are added only when the buyer is buying under a GASC tender.
What lot sizes do you load for Egypt?
Bulk vessel loads from 3,000 MT to 60,000 MT. Bagged wheat in 50 kg or 1 MT big-bags from 500 MT. Panamax stems fit the larger Mediterranean terminals when the programme requires it.
Buying 12.5% for GASC or an Egyptian mill?
Named port, FOB or CIF, volume — firm quote within 24 hours.