• Monday, 10 January 2022

    Morocco, Egypt reportedly resolve trade disagreement

    Morocco, Egypt resolve auto import disagreement -Moroccan media: Morocco and Egypt have reached an agreement to exempt Renault cars produced in Tangiers from import fees, Moroccan outlet Hespress reported Industry and Trade Minister Ryad Mezzour as saying during a parliamentary...
  • Monday, 10 January 2022

    Nafeza trials for air freight landing in Jan

    ACI for air freight trials start this month ahead of planned April launch: The Customs Authority will in January begin a three-month trial extending its Advance Cargo Information (ACI) system to air freight, ahead of a full launch planned for...
  • Tuesday, 4 January 2022

    Last Night’s Talk Shows: Pundits react to record export revenues, transport minister talks train tix, light rail

    Leading coverage on the nation’s talk shows last night: last year’s record export revenues. The announcement by Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly on Sunday that Egypt’s export revenues reached a record high of USD 31 bn in 2021 earned attention from...
  • Wednesday, 24 November 2021

    We’re now the head of Comesa

    Egypt has assumed the chairmanship of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), a regional trade bloc that looks to align regulatory and trade policies of its 21 members. The baton was passed to Egypt at Comesa’s annual...
  • Tuesday, 23 November 2021

    Your next mobile phone is going to cost more

    New tariffs mean more expensive phones: All imported mobile phones will now be subject to a 10% import tariff, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette (pdf). The new tariff is double the 5% import fee originally...
  • Wednesday, 17 November 2021

    Export Development Fund needs more time to pay arrears

    Export Development Fund needs more time to pay arrears: The Export Development Fund is extending the third phase of its subsidy program until 23 December to give it more time to pay out arrears to exporters, Al Borsa reports. Began...
  • Monday, 15 November 2021

    Here we go again

    Apparently we’re still not over the whole Ever Given thing: The National Navigational Company has filed a lawsuit in a local economic court against the owners of the Ever Given, claiming to have suffered heavy losses when the giant container...
  • Thursday, 11 November 2021

    Tuk-tuk import ban hits GB Auto

    Tuk-tuk import ban has GB Auto searching for alternatives: The Madbouly government’s decision to ban imports of tuk-tuk components is threatening to wipe out GB Auto’s three-wheeler business segment, leading the company to yesterday announce (pdf) that it is preparing...
  • Tuesday, 9 November 2021

    THIS MORNING: Day 2 of US-Egypt talks in DC + Nafeza has growing pains

    Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome to a really big news day. It’s day two of the first “strategic dialogue” between Egypt and the United States in more than half a decade. The sea change in bilateral ties since the...

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