Tuesday 02/December/2025 – 10:22 AM
The team was headed by Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister Industry Transport, the thirty-fifth meeting of the Ministerial Group for Industrial Development.
The meeting was attended by: Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, Dr. Mahmoud Esmat, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Engineer Mohamed Shimi, Minister of Public Business Sector, Engineer Hassan Al-Khatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Engineer Karim Badawy, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Engineer Sherif El-Sherbiny, Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, Alaa Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Sherif Fathi, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Engineer Adel El-Naggar, Governor of Giza, and Engineer Ayman Attia, Governor. Qalyubia, Engineer Mohamed Al-Suwaidi, President of the Federation of Egyptian Industries, Dr. Nahed Youssef, President of the General Authority for Industrial Development, as well as representatives of ministries and agencies, members of the ministerial group, and representatives of the Egyptian Federation of Tourist Chambers.
Reviewing ways to prefer local products in the tourism sector
During the meeting, ways to prefer local products in the tourism sector, especially buses, were reviewed, especially since the local market has more than one company from the private and public sectors that produce luxury buses with international standards, which can meet the needs of tourism companies in terms of quality, price, and production volume, and they are also exported to the global market due to their global specifications.
The Minister stressed that the local industry cannot develop without demand for it and without reducing dependence on imports as long as the local product provides the same quality and complies with international and local standards. It was agreed that the Egyptian Federation of Chambers of Tourism will provide the ministerial group with a list of products that are imported from abroad and their standard specifications to be circulated to the Federation of Egyptian Industries, to coordinate with the factories that manufacture those products or encourage the factories to produce them.
The Ministerial Group for Industrial Development is looking to strengthen local industry and attract investments worth $2.4 billion
The meeting also reviewed the request submitted by the English company Polar Hydro, which seeks to pump an investment worth $2.4 billion by establishing a factory (with the private free zone system) in Giza Governorate to recycle solid household waste to produce fuel and biofertilizers and export the products to Europe to meet the needs of the local market and export abroad.
In this context, the Minister confirmed that this project will contribute to the safe disposal of waste in the governorate, in addition to employing workers and producing products from these wastes. He directed that all aspects of support be provided to the company to complete the procedures and begin construction of the factory as soon as possible. It was agreed to hold a meeting between the Governor of Giza, the CEO of the Waste Management Regulatory Authority, and specialists from the General Authority for Industrial Development, with company officials to accelerate the pace of procedures in preparation for presenting the final study to the ministerial group during the next meeting.
During the meeting, the study of transferring the jurisdiction of a plot of land with an area of 70 acres on the slow road in Qalyoub, Qalyubia Governorate, to the General Authority for Industrial Development for use in industrial activity was reviewed, and a study was made to conduct expansions of the industrial zone in Gamasa (the tree forest) with an area of 141.5 acres, and the industrial zone in Kom Abu Radi with an area of 370 acres, where it was agreed to study the preparation of a cooperation protocol between (the state agencies) and the General Authority for Industrial Development to plan and accompany these areas to transform them into integrated industrial zones to meet the needs of industrial investors. Those wishing to expand in these areas.
The meeting reviewed the study prepared by the Ministry of Industry on the position of Egyptian long-staple cotton, comparing its conditions over the past two decades in terms of cultivated area and productivity per acre. The Minister directed all ministries and concerned authorities to make recommendations in this regard to present them to the ministerial group during the next meeting.
During the meeting, complaints submitted by auto glass manufacturers, the medical supplies industry, electric cars, and a number of industries were reviewed regarding their harm, according to what was stated in their complaint about the existence of customs gaps and disparities as a result of imposing customs duties on finished products that are higher than the duties imposed on raw materials and production requirements. The minister directed the formation of a committee headed by the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, whose membership includes the Ministries of Industry and Finance, to study the causes of some customs disparities that may harm the local industry and ways to solve them.
The meeting also reviewed the procedures for transferring the assets of the water, sewage and electricity networks implemented by the General Authority for Industrial Development to the utility companies affiliated with the holding companies, which are responsible for the work of operation, maintenance, guarding and collecting service fees, in the industrial zones in the governorates of Qena and Sohag within the local development program in Upper Egypt, as well as the industrial complexes (13 industrial complexes) within the presidential initiative for youth employment. The minister stressed the necessity of implementing this matter as soon as possible to preserve the facilities implemented in these areas, in addition to the industrial zones in the governorates forming an association for investors. In the area to undertake its management, maintenance, cleaning and insurance work in coordination with the competent authorities and to collect maintenance expenses and fees for services from the investors of the industrial zone in a way that allows these resources to be directed to their purposes, which contributes to raising the efficiency of the industrial zone and making it easier for investors and achieving sustainability, as well as the commitment of every factory that produces industrial sewage to install a treatment station for industrial sewage before discharging it onto the sewage network, in order to preserve the environment and infrastructure. The meeting also touched on the study of establishing a hotel in the service zone in the industrial zones to receive delegations of foreign investors and experts visiting the areas. Industrial projects, especially in governorates and regions, based on the request of a large number of investors.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the request of the English company Blue Sky, which owns two factories in the 10th of Ramadan City to produce and export fresh fruits, was reviewed. It wants to establish a new project on an area of 10,000 square meters to be used as a cold storage area for the factory’s products. It was agreed that the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities would provide all means of support to the company regarding allocating land with an appropriate area for the project.
