Investment Opportunities

The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) is a world-class free zone and trade hub along the banks of the newly-expanded Suez Canal. Strategically located on the main trade route between Europe and Asia, more than eight percent of global trade passes through every year. Spanning 461 km2, almost two-thirds the size of Singapore, the SCZone consists of two integrated areas, two development areas and four ports.

The two integrated areas are Ain Sokhna with Ain Sokhna Port and East Port Said with East Port Said Port

The two development areas are Qantara West and East Ismailia

The four ports are West Port Said Port, Adabiya Port, Al Tor Port, and Al Arish Port

All SCZone investors are assisted from start to finish through a business-friendly process that streamlines registration, licensing and obtaining permits for new businesses.
 

Incentives and Benefits of investing in the SCZone are:

• 100 % foreign ownership of companies.
• 100 % foreign control of import/export activities.
• Imports are exempted from customs duties and sales tax.
• Customs duties on exports to Egypt imposed on imported components only, not the final product.
• Fast-track visa services.
• A full service one-stop shop for registration and licensing.
• Allowing enterprises access to the domestic market; duties on sales to domestic market will be assessed on the value of imported inputs only.

For more information please check the following link: https://www.sczone.eg

For more information please see the following presentations and brochures:

Egypt as Outsourcing Destination of Choice

Egypt 2.0 Outsourcing Destination Guide

Robbiki Leather Cluster is designed to be the leading leather industrial cluster in the Middle East and Africa. It is designed to be a hub for value chain integration for leather byproducts. This city is established on an area of 1629 acres, and currently houses 200 tanneries. Its current production of leather is 222 million square feet. It includes a well - equipped leather tanning technology center. The first phase is for tanneries and is currently finished and fully occupied. The second phase is for tanneries expansion and feeding industries, and the third phase for finished leather products. This city is strategically located near 6 ports and the Cairo International Airport. Special tax incentives are also offered to investors in this industrial city. The government has established the Robbiki city to be the cluster for the leather industry in Egypt.

For more information please check the following link: https://cid-egypt.com

Also known as the Egyptian Countryside, the national project for reclaiming and developing 1.5 million acres will expand the agricultural land by 20 % and is supported by top agronomists and reformists. The project is divided across many plots throughout the country with the goal of achieving sustainable development in rural areas. The Egyptian Countryside Development Company is responsible for the project and supervises its execution.

The project aims at creating a modern Egyptian countryside model and establishing integrated communities that include alongside the agricultural aspects, all related industries, fish farming, livestock and poultry, in order to achieve integrated and sustainable communities.

It comprises the following regions:

• West of Minya Extension
• West of West Minya
• Old Farafra Oasis
• Moghra

The project offers investment opportunities in the Agriculture and Agribusiness domain via selling and/or offering usufruct land.

For more information please refer to the brochure available for download or contact the Economic and Commercial Office.

The largest urban development project in the Arab Republic of Egypt is the New Administrative Capital of Egypt.

In order to realize that giant project the Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD), an Egyptian joint stock company, has been established in 2016 in order to develop, construct and operate the new capital.

The company was established in partnership with the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), the National Service Projects Authority and the Armed Forces Projects Authority. The company’s capital is 204 billion EGP.

ACUD informed us about available investment opportunities in the New Administrative Capital.

Available for download:

• An updated Brochure about the first phase of the New Administrative Capital
• Available Investment Opportunities

 

Damietta Furniture City was established with an authorized capital that reaches 5 billion Egyptian Pounds, with a 521 million Egyptian Pound capital value and a 100% Egyptian capital contribution,  after the incorporation decision decreed by the General Authority for Investment in July 2016. An industrial area built on 331 acres according to the appropriation resolution No. 999 for the year 2015 issued by the Prime Minister, to establish furniture industries of different size and complementary industries and provide the infrastructure, services and facilities needed by those industries. It is allocated 20 minutes away from Damietta city and is near the entrance of Damietta governorate in Shata area. The city will make a qualitative leap to transform the local furniture industry into a global one. 1500 small and medium workshops of 50 to 150 meters with about 150 large and complete factories, besides the establishment of the furniture technology center in Damietta to prepare marketing studies for the furniture factories and test furniture before exportation.

For more information please check the following link: http://damiettafc.com/?lang=en

 

Elsewedy Industrial Development prides itself on building state-of-the-art and sustainable industrial cities, drawing on its broad manufacturing experience. The portfolio of integrated industrial cities provides an outstanding infrastructure and the integrated manufacturing facilities investors require. With five industrial cities already in operation and seven new cities under development in Egypt and Africa, Elsewedy Industrial Development ensures that you are always offered the right mix of creative ideas and innovative, state-of-the-art industrial facilities.

For more information please check the following brochures:

• Elsewedy Industrial Development - Invest in Egypt
• EID - Al Oula
• EID - P.I.Parks
• Elsewedy Logistics Property
• Elsewedy Technical Academy

 

Alhalawany Development provides "iCapital", a smart industrial park near Cairo, 10th Ramadan City and the New Administrative Capital.

For more information please check the following brochures:

• iCapital - Your Industrial Destination
• iCapital - ergänzende Infos

 

The Ministry of Public Enterprises Sector in Egypt is offering business opportunities with regards to the companies that belong to the Ministry according to the following methods: Equity Participation, Partnership on Profit-Sharing Basis, Consultancy and Technical Audit, Contracting (EPC / EPC + Finance), Operation & Management. The concerned companies and their requirements are shown below:

Company Name	Requirements
Chemical sector
Delta Fertilizers (Ammonia/Urea)	Technical Audit Consultancy EPC / EPC + Finance for overhauling with possible expansion in production capacity
El Nasr Fertilizers (Ammonia/Urea)	Technical Audit Consultancy EPC / EPC + Finance for overhauling with possible expansion in production capacity
Metal
Aluminum Company of Egypt (Egyptalum)	EPC / EPC + Finance for increase in production capacity Solar Power Plant : IPP of a PV Solar Plant for 300-600 MW for 25 yrs
Pharmaceutical Sector
Pharmaceutical Holding Company (includes 8 companies) And Pharma Packaging	Technical Audit Consultancy May be followed by EPC / EPC + Finance to reach GMP compliance There is a possibility for partnership on a profit-sharing basis
Spinning and Weaving
The Egyptian Cotton Ginning and Spinning Holding Company	Is seeking a know-how partner for an SPV for cotton dying
Tourism
The Hotel and Tourism Holding Company	Partner for an SPV with the mandate of establishing and managing Egypt Tourism Portal Equity partner for an SPV for establishing Touristic Property
Misr Travel	Consultancy Services for strategically planning of the company’s reform
Automotive & Parts
Al Nasr Automotive	Partnership on Profit Sharing Basis
Engineering Manufacturing Automotive	Partnership on Profit Sharing Basis
Transport and Engineering Company	Partnership in new SPV for tire production