International Duty Free Trading & Agencies After 10 years of duty free experience in Europe, including duty free retail, diplomatic supply in Europe, IDFTA was established in 1984 in Cairo, mainly to acquire first class agencies for the Egyptian Duty Free Market, on commission basis according to the Egyptian Regulations. Today, IDFTA [ with its over 100 dedicated employees ] accounts as one of the major suppliers to all duty free shops in Egypt including its own.
In 1995 IDFTA decided to import and distribute confectionery and foodstuff, cosmetics, spirits and tobacco directly and to distribute these products in the duty free and domestic market. A bonded warehouse in the transit area in Port Said was built and equipped with refrigerating units specially to store all kinds of confectionery and foodstuff. Today IDFTA supplies 99% of all imported confectionery and fine foods sold at the Egyptian Duty Free outlets, as well as, amongst others, Imperial Tobacco brands, Bvlgari Perfumes, Montblanc Accessories, and a wide variety of spirits, directly from the Port Said and the airports warehouse. This has limited the "out of stock situations" to a minimum, as well as granted IDFTA the unique position of being the first duty free wholesaler operating in Egypt.
In 1996, IDFTA was granted the first ever concession for a duty free sales outlet to the private sector at Cairo Airport Terminal 1. At the same time IDFTA acquired two bonded warehouses at Terminal 1 (1 refrigerated and 1 dry) to act as a hub to supply its own shops and also other duty free outlets in Cairo with small quantities, as well as to store consignments shipped by airfreight.
In 2001 IDFTA acquired two duty free shops located at the pier of passengers' ships in Port Said. These shops are now fully operational. Furthermore the company obtained a concession to act as ship chandlers to supply all passengers' ships and transport vessels landing in Port Said until now obtaining their requirements from Cyprus, Greece etc. To be able to have enough stored goods of all kinds (including alcoholic beverages tobacco, perfumes etc.) IDFTA has completed the second phase of the Port Said warehouse project and hence enlarged the storing capacity.
In 2002 IDFTA was granted a duty free concession at Cairo Airport Terminal2 departure area. Concession covers Confectionery, gift items, watches pens etc. This outlet "The Last Minute Shop" is now fully operational.
The mission of this family owned and managed company is to be ''your dedicated partner'' in success in the Egyptian market.
Product Portfolio
Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco
Dannemann Cigars
Ritmeester Cigars
Agio Cigars
Spirits
Allied Domecq
Campari
Cinzano
Grolsch Beer
Racke International
Underberg
Glenmorangie Malt Whisky
Henkell & Soehnlein
Mozart Liqueur
Baron Philippe De Rothschild
Confectionery, Food and Beverages
Kraft Foods
Mars Confectionery
Lindt & Spruengli
Nestle Confectionery
Godiva Chocolates
Guylian Chocolates
Goldkenn
FAZER
Stork
Haribo
Swiss Delice
Villars Chocolates
Loacker
Delaviuda
Al Rifai Nuts
Jules Destroopers
Accessories
Montblanc
Bvlgari Perfumes
Salvador Dali Perfumes
Revlon Cosmetics
Guepard Perfumes
Ulric De Varens Perfumes
Rowenta
Zwilling
Clifton Luggage
Guepard Accessories
Catamaran Watches
Travel Blue Accessories
Russberrie Toys
Sunglasses (different brands)
Company Name International Duty Free Trading & Agencies
Contact Person Mr. Kamal Toulan
Position in Company Managing Director
Turnover 2003 Ca. 18 Million EURO
Address 11, RD 12 - Maadi- Cairo
Telephone +2-02-3580777+2-02-3595151+2-02-3581166
Fax +2-02-3584411
e-mail info@idfta.com.eg
Website: www.idfta.com.eg
Company Employees 100 Full-time employees
Main Clients 1- Egyptair Tax Free Shops {18 outlets}
2- Egypt Free Shops Company {24 outlets}
3- Misr Foreign Trade Company { 8 outlets}
4- IDFTA "Duty Free Shop" Port Said {1outlet}
5- IDFTA "Last Minute Shop" Cairo Airport T2
6- Cairo Airport Company {1 outlet}7- Domestic Market Egypt
Nature of Business
IDFTA is the sole agent and distributor of various blue chip companies (mainly consumer brands) including various European and American spirits brands as well as tobacco, foodstuff, confectionery, cosmetics, accessories and gift items.IDFTA is also working in Direct Import to supply all above mentioned products mainly to the duty free, but also to the domestic market through its depot in Port Said.Mr. Kamal Toulan, Managing Director of IDFTA, is also Co-founder and member of Board of Directors of Middle East Duty Free Organization (MEDFA) with seat in Dubai
Analysis of Business
Opportunities identified by IDFTAIDFTA identifies the following points as positive, promising factors/opportunities in the market:The influx of tourists and business people as well as changes in the economic and social environment are definitely increasing demand for overseas travel both inbound and outbound. This is subsequently an opportunity to IDFTA to increase sales of its products through the various outlets in the Airports as well as all the downtown free shops and Port Said.The luxury items market is growing in Egypt through passengers, diplomats, foreign organizations or returnees. It is expected that the purchase of these products will further increase through the duty free channels. This guarantees a long-term position of the company in the market.IDFTA has started to supply ship chandlers through its Port Said hub. The duty free shops in Port Said sell to passengers' ships landing in Port Said, as well as crews of vessels crossing the Suez Canal.
Marketing & Distribution
Strategic Objectives:The strategic objective of IDFTA is to be ready to diversify its operation more towards having direct imports and distribution network of imported goods which will be very attractive in the near future once the GATT agreement is in place. This will be very much feasible through a well-formulated inventory system as well as the key advantage of having the Port Said Depot in a transit area.A further objective is to improve the service provided to the existing clients and to maintain the company's position as a market leader in the brands represented. This service will mainly be reflected in higher responsiveness to customer requirements by expanding the product mix in the Port Said Depot to include spirits, tobacco, perfumes etc. to improve the sales operation directly to clients especially to Diplomats, foreign organizations and ships.
