Arbitration Costs & Calculator

CRCICA Costs Calculator

Parties can easily determine how much bringing a claim to arbitration is going to cost them by using the CRCICA Costs Calculator, ensuring the transparency of the fee structure and foreseeability of the costs.

This Calculator enables prospective parties to CRCICA arbitrations to foresee the applicable costs according to Tables (1), (2) and (3) annexed to the CRCICA Arbitration Rules in force as from 1 March 2011, which apply to arbitrations filed after this date.

Once you input the sum in dispute in USD and indicate the number of arbitrators to be appointed, the calculator will provide an indicative estimate of the administrative and arbitrators’ fees. The estimate is exclusive of the USD 500 non-refundable registration fee payable upon filing a notice of arbitration and/or a counterclaim. The estimate is also exclusive of any expenses (Article 42(2)(d-f) of the CRCICA Arbitration Rules). Where Table (3) annexed to the CRCICA Arbitration Rules applies, the estimate of the total costs of the arbitration (excluding the registration fee and the expenses) is made based on the minimum arbitrators’ fees.

Arbitration Costs Calculator

Sum In Dispute in USD


Number of Arbitrators
 
 
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CRCICA Schedule of Costs - Annex to the Rules

Sum in Dispute in US DollarsAdministrative Fees in US Dollars
Up to 50,000

750

From 50,001 to 100,000

750 + 0.5% of the amount over 50,000

From 100,001 to 200,000

1,000 + 0.5% of the amount over 100,000

From 200,001 to 500,000

1,500 + 0.167% of the amount over 200,000

From 500,001 to 750,000

2,000 + 0.8% of the amount over 500,000

From 750,001 to 1,000,000

4,000 + 0.4% of the amount over 750,000

From 1,000,001 to 2,000,000

5,000 + 0.2% of the amount over 1,000,000

From 2,000,001 to 3,000,000

7,000 + 0.2% of the amount over 2,000,000

From 3,000,001 to 4,000,000

9,000 + 0.2% of the amount over 3,000,000

From 4,000,001 to 5,000,000

11,000 + 0.2% of the amount over 4,000,000

From 5,000,001 to 6,000,000

13,000 + 0.2% of the amount over 5,000,000

From 6,000,001 to 7,000,000

15,000 + 0.2% of the amount over 6,000,000

From 7,000,001 to 8,000,000

17,000 + 0.2% of the amount over 7,000,000

From 8,000,001 to 9,000,000

19,000 + 0.2% of the amount over 8,000,000

From 9,000,001 to 10,000,000

21,000 + 0.2% of the amount over 9,000,000

From 10,000,001 to 30,000,000

23,000 + 0.01% of the amount over 10,000,000

From 30,000,001 to 50,000,000

25,000 + 0.025% of the amount over 30,000,000

From 50,000,001 to 80,000,000

30,000 + 0.0167% of the amount over 50,000,000

From 80,000,001 to 100,000,000

35,000 + 0.075% of the amount over 80,000,000

Over 100,000,000

50,000

Sum in Dispute in US Dollars

Fees of the Arbitrator in US Dollars

Up to 50,000

1,000

From 50,001 to 100,000

1,500

From 100,001 to 200,000

2,000

From 200,001 to 500,000

4,000

From 500,001 to 750,000

6,000

From 750,001 to 1,000,000

8,000

From 1,000,001 to 2,000,000

10,000

From 1,500,001 to 2,000,000

12,000

From 2,000,001 to 2,500,000

14,000

From 2,500,001 to 3,000,000

16,000

Sum in Dispute in US DollarsMinimum fees of the Arbitrator in US DollarsMaximum fees of the Arbitrator in US Dollars
From 3,000,001 to 5,000,000

17,615 + 0.263% of the amount over 3,000,000

80,627 + 0.975% of the amount over 3,000,000

From 5,000,001 to 10,000,000

22,875 + 0.090% of the amount over 5,000,000

100,127 + 0.638% of the amount over 5,000,000

From 10,000,001 to 30,000,000

27,375 + 0.045% of the amount over 10,000,000

132,027 + 0.169% of the amount over 10,000,000

From 30,000,001 to 50,000,000

36,375 + 0.042% of the amount over 30,000,000

165,827 + 0.161% of the amount over 30,000,000

From 50,000,001 to 80,000,000

44,775 + 0.023% of the amount over 50,000,000

198,027 + 0.114% of the amount over 50,000,000

From 80,000,001 to 100,000,000

51,675 + 0.015% of the amount over 80,000,000

232,227 + 0.084% of the amount over 80,000,000

Over 100,000,000

54,675 + 0.0075% of the amount over 100,000,000

249,027 + 0.042% of the amount over 100,000,000

 

CRCICA Arbitration Costs

CRCICA’s services, including its artbitration costs (i.e. the Centre’s administrative fees and the arbitrators’ fees), are cost effective, with a high quality to price ratio.

On 25 January 2018, later updated on 23 April 2021, the Global Arbitration Review (GAR) published its ‘Arbitration Costs Compared’ report, comparing the arbitration costs from different arbitral institutions around the world, including the registration fees, the administrative fees, and the arbitrators’ fees.

According to the report, in cases where the sum in dispute does not exceed USD 1 million, CRCICA is the least expensive institution when appointing a sole arbitrator and one of the three least expensive institutions when appointing three arbitrators. For cases with a sum in dispute of USD 5 million and USD 10 million, CRCICA’s arbitration fees rank 9th and 11th, respectively, out of the 17 arbitral institutions considered, placing it squarely in the middle.

It is worth mentioning that the use of hearings rooms at the Centre’s premises is included in the administrative fees.

Regarding the value of disputes administered by the Centre, while up to half the cases in a given year will have a sum in dispute not exceeding USD 1 million, the Centre also administers multi-billion-dollar cases. For example, in 2015 the total sum in dispute in a gas supply case reached USD 6,435,713,084 representing as such a new record for the aggregate sums in dispute.

Further, CRCICA has witnessed an increase in the number of cases with higher sums in disputes. For example, CRCICA recorded a 153% relative increase in the number of disputes with a sum in dispute exceeding USD 50 million between 2017 and 2021.

Method of Payment of Costs

The costs of the arbitration in a CRCICA case are payable in USD.

The costs of the arbitration:

  • can be paid by a certified cheque in the name of the “Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration” delivered to CRCICA; or
  • can be either deposited or made by direct bank transfer in the following bank account:

The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
Bank: QNB Al Ahli
Bank Account No.: 20310212424
IBAN: EG420037006208402031021242473
SWIFT: QNBAEGCXXXX
Branch Address: 2 Al Kamel Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt.

  • In case of bank deposit or direct bank transfer, please send the proof of payment to the relevant CRCICA Case Manager, making sure to indicate the case number.
  • In case of direct bank transfer, please make sure that the bank transfer expenses are not deducted from the total transferred amount.

In its capacity as an international organisation working in Egypt, CRCICA is exempted from all direct taxes by virtue of the Egyptian Presidential Decree No. 399/1987.