Egypt

Agricultural exports

Animal Products

Livers of bovine animals, frozen (020622)
Meat of bovine animals, frozen, boneless (020230)
Meat of fowls of species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozen (020712)

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Cereals

Maize (corn), other than seed (100590)
OTHER DURUM WHEAT EXCL SEED (100119)

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Dairy Products

Butter (040510)
Cheese (excl. of 0406.10-0406.40) (040690)
Milk in powder/granules/oth. solid form, fat content by wt. not >1.5% (040210)
Milk in powder/granules/oth. solid form, unsweetened, fat content by wt. >1 … (040221)

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Food Preparations

Fruits & Vegetables

Apples, fresh (080810)
CANE SUGAR SPECIFIED IN SUBHEADING NOTE 2 TO THIS CHAPTER: (170113)
Seed potatoes, fresh/chilled (070110)

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Legumes

Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) & horse beans (Vicia faba var. equina/v … (071350)

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Lentils

Lentils, dried, shelled, whether or not skinned/split (071340)

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Marine Products

Crustacean – Frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or notbefor or during smoking, in shell, cooked by steaming or boiling in water
Fish – frozen mackerel (scomber scombrus, scomber australasics, scomber japonicus) excluding fillet, liver, roes and other fish meat
Fish preparation – tunas, skipjack and atlantic bonito (sarda spp.) prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced)
Fish; frozen, herrings (Clupea harengus, clupea pallasii), excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat
Fish: frozen, of Bregmacerotide, Eulicthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, Muraenolepididae, other than cod, haddoc, coalfish, hake,Alaska pollack, blue whitings, excluding fillets, livers, roes, other fish meat

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Employment Opportunities

*Information subject to changes amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Egypt’s growing economy and consumer base has attracted several multinational companies that employ foreign workers apart from their local workforce. Manufacturing, Education, Healthcare employ foreign workers. The famed tourism sector is also a major employer.

The Indian community in Egypt numbers at around 4,301, majority of whom are either employed with Indian companies or are professionals with various multinationals.

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Construction

Public and private infrastructure building, maintenance

Egypt’s construction sector has been buzzing with activity owing to several commercial and connectivity projects. Construction of civic infrastructure and connectivity projects has been supported by foreign workers at different levels in Egypt.

Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban CommunitiesForeign Work Permits

Financial Services

Tax, accounting, banking, insurance, audit and other financial services. Egypt’s financial services sector is growing rapidly to keep pace with the nation’s economic growth. Financial services in Egypt are supported by foreign workers at different capacities.

Ministry of FinanceForeign Work Permits

Healthcare Services

Doctors, nurses, radiologists, lab technicians

Egypt is bolstering its healthcare sector with foreign and private resources and expertise. Egypt attracts large number of healthcare workers ranging from doctors to nurses and lab technicians.

Egyptian Ministry of Health and PopulationForeign Work Permits

Hospitality

Culinary, server, personalcare, hotel, tour and travel staffing. Egypt is one of the world’s leading tourism destinations with more than 10 million foreign tourists visiting the nation in 2018. The hospitality sector in Egypt, ranging from hotels to tourism to personal care, contributes heavily to the economy and employs large number of foreign workers. As per reports of World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), tourism sector make up more than 11% of Egypt’s GDP and the total employment in sector is expected to increase to 3.22 million by 2029 from current 2.48 million.

Ministry of TourismForeign Work Permits

Information Technology

Software, hardware, new technology in telecoms and communications

The ICT industry make up more than 4% of Egypt’s GDP. The IT and ICT infrastructure in Egypt has been set up and is supported by foreign workers.

Ministry of Communications and Information TechnologyForeign Work Permits

Manufacturing

Automobile to food products production

The manufacturing sector contributed more than 16% of Egypt’s GDP in 2018, as per bank Audi.The manufacturing industry in Egypt, covering a range of products, draws foreign manpower.

Ministry of Trade & IndustryForeign Work Permits

Oil & Gas

Hydrocarbon production is one of the largest industrial activity in the country. Egypt’s proven hydrocarbon reserves stood at 3.3 billion barrels of oil & 62.8 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas at the end of 2017. Currently, more than 50 International Oil Companies (IOCs) are operating in Egypt.

Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral ResourcesForeign Work Permits

Renewable Energy

Egypt possesses an abundance of land, sunny weather and high wind speeds, making it a prime location for renewable energy sources. The renewable energy equipment market is potentially worth billions of dollars. Egypt intends to increase the supply of electricity generated from renewable sources to 20% by 2022 and 42% by 2035, with wind providing 14 percent, hydro power 2 percent, and solar 25 percent by 2035. The private sector is expected to deliver most of this capacity.

New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) (Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy)Foreign Work Permits

Shipping

Public and private transport operations staffing

Egypt is a maritime country located at the junction of three continents and has coasts running up to 2000 km on the Mediterranean and the Red Sea which has allowed global trade.

Maritime Transport Sector (Ministry of Transport)Foreign Work Permits

Teaching

Faculty positions up to university

With more than half the country’s population under the age of 25, the education sector is fast modernising itself to prepare workforce for the future. The education sector in Egypt, ranging from schools to universities draw foreign teaching staff from different disciplines.

Ministry of Education & Technical EducationMinistry of Higher Education and Scientific ResearchForeign Work Permits

Minerals

Aluminium

Exports: 3,20,000 ton (yearly)

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Feldspar

Production: 1 million tons

Reserve: 2 billion tons

Export: 300,000 tons

 

Gold

Production: 600,000 ounces

Reserve: 600,000 tons

Export: 15 tons

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Iron

Production: 9 million ton
Reserve: 900 million ton

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Kaolin

Production: 3 million tons

Reserve: 500 million ton

Export: 2 million tons

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Manganese

Production: 25,000 ton

Export: 18,000 ton
Reserve: 25,0000 ton

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Natural Gas

Production: 2.52 trillion standard cubic feet (tscf)
Reserve: 817 billion standard cubic feet (bscf)

Export: 172.8 billion cubic feet (FY 2018-19)

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Nitrogen

Export: Fertilizer – US$ 1.15 billion

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Petroleum

Production: 32,178,000 tons

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Phosphate

Production: 20 million tons

Reserve: 1.2 billion tons

Export: 13 million tons

Salt

Production: 5 million tons

Reserve: 1.5 billion

Export: 3 million tons

Talc

Production: 150,000 tons

Export: 100,000 tons
Reserve: 3 million tons

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