About us

We leverage our expertise and experience in sourcing, distribution, and logistics to offer our customers world-class services and goods.

Over the years, EDC SA has established itself as a trusted partner for trading in niche markets, earning the confidence of both producers and customers alike.

Our business is run with Swiss precision and care.

With a strong network and relationships with governmental and private consumers across North Africa, we are well-positioned to meet the needs of our customers in the region.

History

• In 2009, EDC began its trading operations with a team of two.
• In 2010, EDC diversified into seed products.
• In 2011, EDC secured 55% of the total wheat flour quantities shipped to Libya, becoming the top supplier of wheat flour for that year.
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  Libya, a mostly desert and oil-rich country with an ancient history, has more recently been known for the 42-year rule of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi - and the chaos that followed his departure.
  The toppling of the long-term leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 led to a power vacuum and instability, with no authority in full control. The months that followed drew the nation’s descend into chaos, a no-fly zone and a naval blockade meant that the import dependant country is starting to suffer shortages of basic necessities, including food staples such as wheat flour, pasta and vegetables.
  
  The number of commodity suppliers willing to take the risk involved in supplying the war-stricken country with cargos loaded on bulk carrying vessels or container ships was getting extremely limited and would not exceed a handful. Flours mills and animal feed factories we shut down due to frequent power shortages and the imminent exodus of foreign workers.
  
  The only means to feed the population has become by importing processed food essentials such as wheat flour, pasta and tomato paste. The Price Stability Fund (PSF), a governmental body responsible for keeping the price of food essentials at an affordable price for most citizens, has been tasked by the government to float tenders to secure these essentials for the whole country, east ad west, including the regions that have fallen out of the regime control.
  
  The number of participants was less than a dozen, however, the ones that were able to perform was substantially smaller. Evaluating the reliability of the offers and their performance was key to ensure that the country does not fall into further chaos because of famine. PSF therefore announced that it would only grant contracts to companies that show actual performance proof by physically delivering one cargo to a safe Libyan port before receiving payment for the goods. That was a prohibitive factor for most of the tender participants.
  
  Having intricate relations with Libya through previous trade history and the background of its founders, EDC decided to take the daring step and deliver the first wheat flour vessel (MV Little Donna) to Benghazi port, the city that sparked the February revolution in the country. This action was appreciated by both the citizens of Benghazi and the PSF and was the first contract to supply wheat flour to the entire country during 2011. The Swiss trading house EDC went on to deliver consecutive wheat flour shipments to all Libyan ports throughout the year of conflict. Statistics later showed that more than 70% of bread-making flour was supplied by EDC that year.
  
  Post-Gaddafi political limbo and the socioeconomic turmoil it caused escalated to the second Libyan civil war in 2014 and to the attack on Tripoli in 2016 and until today the country is in permacrisis. During all this period EDC has proven resilient and adaptive to the countless economical, legal and administrative changes that were produced by the numerous governments taking power. The size and structure of the company, the adaptability of its team members and maintaining close relations with customers have contributed to increasing the company’s market share and in recent years have allowed EDC to cement its place as the number one supplier of grains to Libya.
  
  
  
  

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• In 2012, EDC grew its trading desk and welcomed new members to the team.
• Also in 2012, EDC expanded its focus beyond Libya to include other North African countries.
• In 2013, EDC Trading rebranded as EDC SA.
• In 2019, EDC SA celebrated its 10th anniversary.
• In 2020, EDC SA established a partial remote work from home model.

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