Latest in Tag: trade Highlight
Latest in Tag: trade

3 cooperation agreements signed in China
Egyptian president met with leading Chinese tourism companies in Beijing
Egyptian-Greek tourism programme to receive tourists in both countries: Greek Ambassador
Japanese tourist travelling 12,000 km to visit Greece will also be able to visit Egypt without any additional costs according to new agreement

Russian deal will make Egyptian products more competitive, increase tourism and trade: Russian-Egyptian Business Council member
Government sources confirm sufficiency of Russian tourism in Egypt, despite tumble in value of rouble
EU supports Egypt with EGP 80m in tourism investments
EU is source of over 50% of foreign direct investment, constituting over 40% of total European direct investment per Mediterranean countries
10,000 Sudanese acres ready for Egyptian farmers: Sudanese Investment Minister
Sudan is now adopting the open door policy for investments

Marble and granite shine in international building trade fair in Cairo
Egypt is the tenth largest natural stone quarry producer in the world and the second largest exporter of marble blocks

Extensive amendments to trade law necessary: Industry minister
Ministry is focusing on market exits and bankruptcy, says Abdel Nour

Italy, Egypt cooperate in global logistics project
Global logistics centre to start in December, commercial and shopping area project to start soon

5 agreements signed between Egypt and Ethiopia
Targeted trade volume between both countries is over $5bn

Egypt, Ethiopia study possibility for establishing industrial zone: Abdel Nour
Both countries seeking to increase volume of trade to $5bn, says minister of industry and foreign trade

Al-Sisi appoints Mehleb to head executive committee of global logistics centre
Minister of Supply says the project covers the construction of five investment and industrial zones for grains and food commodities with a total land use of 1.7m metres.

RO-RO agreement not to be renewed
The Egyptian government made a decision not to renew the agreement with turkey after it ends in April 2015.

Emirati company Al-Sweiden to invest over EGP 40bn in Egypt
Emirati firm will construct commercial and shopping area over 4.2m square metres

International conference in Egypt requests hosting 50 world largest companies: Investment minister
Egyptian consultations in China to attract investments, Egypt to be export centre for Chinese technology firm

Company invests EGP 2bn in construction of hypermarket: Supply minister
Private company to supply EGP 2bn to build chain of hypermarkets as part of plan to expand local trade markets in collaboration with supply ministry

Trade between two unequal partners
Africa and Europe search for an elusive agreement
Industry ministry issues decision to form committee dairy product safety and quality system
System to be implemented tracking all steps from farm to final product to meet export requirements for EU markets
Exports register $1.4bn in July, $13.34bn since beginning of 2014: Industry Ministry
Exportation targets of the Ministry of Planning conflict with those of Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade

EETC to offer international tender to implement Saudi Link project
The project will include the creation of a transmission line to transfer gas between the two countries at peak times for each country at a maximum of 3,000 MW.

Egyptian exports to the USA drop 37.6%, imports surge 7.6%
Flow of investment between the two countries also declines 61.7%, CAPMAS
Trade exchange with Libya falls in wake of violence
Egyptian exporters exclude Libyan market from their plans and fear failure from Libyan side to fulfil contracts

Sanitary measures imposed on Egypt have negative impact on export: ERF
Government should support firms to increase their quality and productivity in order to export

Majority of cabinet’s economic team reappointed
Abdel Nour to handle SMEs while Al-Araby takes on administrative development
Final composition of government to be announced this evening: Abdel Nour
Ministry of Investment to be separated from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the minister noted.

Foreign minister heads delegation at Arab-Chinese cooperation forum
Fahmy arrives in China to discuss political, economic issues and strengthen Arab-Chinese relations

Shipping lines between Egypt and Jordan not sufficient: Commercial office
Ministry of Trade and Industry and Commercial Office in Amman intend to increase trade between Egypt and Jordan
Over 50 Egyptian companies seek to enter Jordanian market
Egyptian companies are looking for opportunities to enter the Jordanian market as Syrian crisis cut trade between the latter two
Scottish trade mission visits Cairo and Alexandria
The delegation is comprised of eight companies considering potential projects in the energy sector, the British embassy in Cairo says

Mehleb’s Africa trip steps up trade exchange and investment opportunities
Prime minister’s visit to African countries results in agreements on gas and wheat imports, and investment contracts for the Arab Contractors Company and Egypt Air
AFDB approves $50m CIB risk participation agreement
Agreement aids in addressing critical market demand for trade finance in Africa, the bank says