🇪🇸 Export Markets
Spain
Spain has a strong culinary heritage for chickpeas (garbanzos), white beans and lentils — with consistent import demand from Spanish food distributors, processors and retail chains.
Why Spain Buys Egyptian Pulses and Spices
Spain is one of Europe's biggest pulse consumers — chickpeas (garbanzos) are a cultural staple in dishes such as cocido madrileño, potaje de vigilia and hummus. Lentil soup (lentejas) and white bean stews are equally embedded in Spanish home cooking and restaurant menus. This creates structural import demand from Spanish wholesale distributors, cash-and-carry chains, food manufacturers and canning factories.
Growing demand for Egyptian spices
Spanish food manufacturers use coriander seeds and cumin seeds as core spice inputs for processed meats, sauces and ready meals. Egyptian-origin whole and ground spices are imported through Barcelona and Valencia by wholesale spice traders who supply the domestic food manufacturing sector.
What Spanish buyers look for
Spanish importers require EU MRL compliance, Phytosanitary Certificate and Certificate of Origin as standard. Buyers for retail chains additionally require product conformity documentation and may request private-label packing in smaller retail bags. COA and SGS/Intertek inspection are available on request for all shipments.
Logistics from Egypt to Spain
Admiral Agro loads FOB through Damietta, Alexandria or Ain Sokhna. Transit to Spanish ports — Barcelona, Valencia, Algeciras or Bilbao — takes approximately 8–13 days via direct Mediterranean services or feeder. CIF or CFR pricing to Spanish ports is available on request.
Main products for Spain
Chickpeas / Garbanzos (canning, retail, hummus), White Beans (wholesale, food manufacturing), Green Lentils (retail, foodservice), Fava Beans (traditional consumption), Coriander Seeds (spice manufacturing), Cumin Seeds (food processing), Sesame Seeds (bakery, sesame oil).
Spain — Buyer FAQ
Spanish buyers typically use 8–10 mm Kabuli chickpeas for canning and retail. Admiral Agro supplies 7, 8, 9 and 10 mm calibers subject to seasonal availability. Specify your caliber and purity tolerance in your RFQ for accurate pricing.
Yes. Egyptian coriander seeds and cumin seeds are available whole or ground in 25 kg PP bags, FOB Damietta. Both are suitable for Spanish food manufacturing applications. COA and EU MRL compliance documentation are included.
Shipping from Damietta or Alexandria to Barcelona or Valencia takes approximately 8–12 days via direct Mediterranean services. CIF or CFR pricing to Spanish ports is available on request.
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