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CLOTHING manufacturers, international brands and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have met in Cairo to discuss how to improve labour efficiency, working conditions and personnel management, boosting Egypt’s potential as a production sourcing centre.

The Egyptian Textiles Buyers Forum, which met on Monday and Tuesday (March 14-15), managed to attract representatives from Decathlon, the Gap and Phillips-Van Heusen, for instance, although some brands stayed away – it is not known whether this was over security concerns.…

THE COMMITTEE of European Sugar Users (CIUS) has called on the European Union (EU) to take urgent action to prevent EU confectionery and sweet bakery manufacturers facing a sugar supply crunch this summer. In a strongly worded message, the industry group has said that duties and levies should not be imposed on supplies of beet and cane sugar and the EU’s cane sugar ‘CXL’ duty should be scrapped immediately.…

Egyptian clothing companies that were restricted from using air cargo for exports to North America are getting around the ban. In December, 2015, national carrier EgyptAir suspended cargo shipments on passenger planes as a precautionary measure following the downing of a Russian aircraft in October at Sharm el-Sheikh.…

THE JORDANIAN and Lebanese confectionery markets are both in a state of flux due to the conflict in neighbouring Syria, now into its fifth year. Local production has faced major competition from Syrian entrants fleeing the chaos of their home country, particularly in Jordan; while in Lebanon imports of parallel goods have soared over the past few years.…

WHILE Russia has signed an agreement deal to build a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Egypt, a move that would give the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region its only NPP with third generation plus technology, significant obstacles remain before operations could be launched.…

There were high hopes that Egypt was embarking on a new clean financial era following mass protests in January 2011 that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Popular calls for an end to the corruption and cronyism that had characterised Mubarak’s 30 year rule appeared to be heeded.…

EGYPT’S USD1.23 billion oils and fats market has still to recover from the country’s post-revolutionary environment following the January 2011 uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Since then, Egypt’s economy has been on a downward trajectory, affecting consumer demand across the board.…

North Africa’s entire paints and coatings market is valued at about USD1.1 billion on approximately 0.5 billion litres of coatings, according to the International Paint and Printing Inks Council (IPPIC). Of this, nearly 60% of the market value and more than 75% of market volume is comprised of decorative paints and coatings, according to data collected for the IPPIC by US-based Orr & Boss Inc.…

EGYPT’S USD515 million paint market (Egyptian Pounds EGP3.93 billion), as valued by market researchers Frost & Sullivan) is still reeling from the impact of the country’s 2011 revolution, along with sluggish economic growth, but the country’s burgeoning population growth is keeping demand afloat.…

The Egyptian textile sector is a mixed bag, succeeding in certain sub-sectors and struggling in others, while failing to add value to its core strength in cotton production. It has managed to weather the ongoing political instability, but exports are weak due to lower demand from Europe, and the overall sector is straining to keep up with global competition.…