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<\/a> The Trade and Industry Ministry <\/strong>u-turned<\/strong> on its import ban on some electronic <\/strong>components<\/strong><\/sup> on Wednesday<\/strong>, following criticism from businesses who were unable to obtain supplies, Masrawy<\/a> reports. On 20 June the ministry announced<\/a> that it would ban imports of a range of goods \u2014 including spare parts for mobile phones and some home appliances \u2014 for all businesses except licensed factories which require them for production. But following complaints from business owners, the ministry last week said<\/a> it would press pause and consult with the Federation of Egyptian Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

The ministry postponed the ban for six months<\/strong> following a meeting with FEDCOC officials, chamber President Ibrahim El Araby told Akhbar El Yom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just electronic components that were on the list:<\/strong> Home and office furniture, watches, clothes and textiles, kitchen utensils, toys, and a range of food and cosmetic goods were also subject to the import ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Trade and Industry Ministry u-turned on its import ban on some electronic components on Wednesday, following criticism from businesses who were unable to obtain supplies, Masrawy reports. On 20 June the ministry announced that it would ban imports of a range of goods \u2014 including spare parts for mobile phones and some home appliances […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7255],"tags":[653,72,3222,916,131,132],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-563449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manufacturing","tag-chip-shortage","tag-enterpriseam","tag-federation-of-egyptian-chambers-of-commerce","tag-federation-of-egyptian-industries","tag-manufacturing","tag-trade","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"219a6c94-c7cf-42bf-8eeb-ebbe3e795bc8","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[563437],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nTrade Ministry pauses import ban following complaints - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/07\/04\/trade-ministry-pauses-import-ban-following-complaints\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trade Ministry pauses import ban following complaints\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Trade and Industry Ministry u-turned on its import ban on some electronic components on Wednesday, following criticism from businesses who were unable to obtain supplies, Masrawy reports. 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