Sourcing et contractualisation
We contract directly with farms, mills and manufacturers in more than ten countries. A direct relationship means a price with no middleman in it, and early knowledge of what next season will hold and what it will not.
Nos débuts
An Egyptian group that began with two books
Ofuq began in Cairo in 2004 with one office and two lines: food and industrial products. The goods have nothing in common, but the work plainly does. Both are bought against a specification, shipped in full cargoes, financed by letter of credit, and delivered to a mill or a plant that cannot afford to stop its line.
Trading is volatile by nature. A strong season is followed by a thin one, and working capital is needed in both. We added agriculture to own the first link in the chain rather than chase it through the market; we added property to give the balance sheet a steady end; and we added contracting because the party that knows the material knows how it is used.
Ofuq does not run its companies for them. Each one runs its own business and answers for its own results, with its own board and its own decisions. What the holding provides is what no single company can provide for itself: a balance sheet that absorbs a thin season, one standard of quality that applies to all of them, and banking relationships that open a credit when the book needs one.
The words on the logo from the beginning: food and industrial products. That is still the largest thing we do, and the standard is still the same one — goods to specification, and a shipment that arrives when it was promised.
21
ans de négoce
Depuis 2004
4
sociétés dans le groupe
22
marchés où nous commerçons
Sur trois continents
40 +
références au catalogue
Alimentaire et industriel
Que l’acheteur reçoive exactement ce qui a été convenu, exactement au moment convenu — et que cela devienne banal à force de se répéter.
Qu’Ofuq soit le premier appel de la région quand la marchandise est difficile et la date serrée.
Avant signature, pas après. Ce qui n’est pas écrit n’a pas été convenu.
Un organisme accepté par les deux parties, et un certificat inclus dans les documents de paiement.
Nous ne nous engageons pas sur une date dont nous ne voyons pas le chemin.
Un retard annoncé aujourd’hui est un problème. Découvert à l’arrivée, c’est un désastre.
Nos secteurs
Produits alimentaires et intrants industriels, de la source à l’usine.
Posséder le premier maillon de la chaîne, et pas seulement y acheter.
Les bénéfices du négoce placés dans des actifs qui durent.
Ce que nous fournissons aux autres, nous l’utilisons d’abord nous-mêmes.
Ce que nous faisons
We contract directly with farms, mills and manufacturers in more than ten countries. A direct relationship means a price with no middleman in it, and early knowledge of what next season will hold and what it will not.
The specification is agreed in writing before the contract, and the goods are inspected at loading by an independent surveyor. A quality dispute after arrival is expensive for both sides; preventing one costs less than settling it.
We book the space, prepare the documents, and see customs clearance and inland haulage through. The buyer deals with one party from contract to delivery rather than a chain of them, each pointing at the next.
We work with letters of credit and documentary collection, and extend considered terms to customers we know. Working capital is what separates a deal that completes from one that stays on paper.
Our journey
2004
Un bureau et deux livres : produits alimentaires et industriels.
2008
Le passage de l’import seul à la vente hors d’Égypte.
2012
Posséder le premier maillon de la chaîne au lieu d’y acheter.
2016
Inspection, dédouanement et transport sous une seule responsabilité.
2020
La rupture des chaînes mondiales a rendu la relation directe décisive.
2024
Les quatre sociétés sont réunies sous une même holding.
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