Promoting Industrial Growth and Encouraging Foreign Direct Investment in Egypt
Leather Tanning Industry
Responsible Entities
- To date, factories have not been issued permanent licenses, which are key documents for concluding any bank transactions.
- Expedite the issuance of permanent licenses to factories located in El Roubiki Leather City; it has been two years since these factories relocated from Magra El Eyoun.
- Relocating from Magra El Eyoun to El Roubiki Leather City was costly for factories, particularly that they had to import modern machinery and equipment, as well as pay the water, electricity, and gas connection fees.
- ESF should expedite the disbursement of export assistance owed to the manufacturers in order to reduce their financial burden, and allow them to continue operating and exporting.
- Frequent absenteeism among workers due to delays in delivering the housing units.
- Expedite the delivery of worker housing units to the manufacturers.
- Infrastructure works for the second phase has not yet started, thus it is not possible to relocate enterprises currently located in the area of Magra El Eyoun to El Roubiki Leather City.
- Irregular water supply in El Roubiki Leather City.
- Irregular sewer services in El Roubiki Leather City.
- Expedite the completion of all infrastructure works and services in El Roubiki Leather City to help attract investors into the leather industry.
