The Egyptian Food sector is considered to be one of the oldest sectors in the economy, and it is characterized by having large private ownership, 95% of the formal establishments in the sector are privately owned.
This sector is composed mainly of 10 product groups representing Food and Cereal Chambers as follows: milk and dairy products, oils and oil by-products, beverages drinks and bottled water, fruits and vegetables products, confectionary and chocolates, meats and poultries and fish, specialty food and food additives, grinding and flour, rice polishing and pasta industry - macaroni.
The Egyptian food industry has made progress over the last 4 years, mainly in growth of exports. Earlier in 2005, food exports totaled 3,888 million EGP while in 2007 they mounted to 6,970 million EGP and by end of 2008, exports of food processing industry reached 8,061 million EGP
IMC supported 1,456 food companies all over Egypt with 10,536 services
2008 Data:
Registered companies and confirmed their data are 726 companies with 106 thousands labors
Total Sector export in 2008 is 8 billion EGP with growth rate of 15% over last year
Total investment of companies on IMC data base is 20 billion EGP
Sectoral Projects 2009:
Investment promotion strategy
Olive sector study
Poultry development strategy
Assist in establishing national food authority
Assist in issuing unified food law
Dairy and cheese project to upgrade 20 small factories
Main Services to Printing and Packaging Companies 2009:
Assist food companies in compliance with international food and safety standards such as ISO 22000
Implement a number of lean manufacturing projects with tier 1 companies
Apply R&D programme to solve wastes problems in poultry, meat processing and fruit vegetables sub-sectors
A comprehensives trade fairs plan and business match making
