{"id":639299,"date":"2017-10-25T04:17:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T04:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/"},"modified":"2017-10-25T04:17:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T04:17:43","slug":"investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment Ministry looks at opening textiles freezone in Minya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Investment Minister Sahar Nasr discussed possibly launching a 306 feddan freezone in Minya with a number of textiles manufacturers on Tuesday, according to a ministry statement<\/a>. The ultimate goal would be to turn this prospective freezone into a textiles hub, Textile Export Council head Mohamed Kassem said. Talks are ongoing with potential Chinese investors interested in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Investment Minister Sahar Nasr discussed possibly launching a 306 feddan freezone in Minya with a number of textiles manufacturers on Tuesday, according to a ministry statement. The ultimate goal would be to turn this prospective freezone into a textiles hub, Textile Export Council head Mohamed Kassem said. Talks are ongoing with potential Chinese investors interested […]<\/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":[9315],"tags":[72,2390],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-639299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-business-news-of-note","tag-enterpriseam","tag-other-business-news-of-note","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"eba1b641-7fbe-4d76-8da5-ac3f1ee1e987","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[639261],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nInvestment Ministry looks at opening textiles freezone in Minya - 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\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Investment Ministry looks at opening textiles freezone in Minya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Investment Minister Sahar Nasr discussed possibly launching a 306 feddan freezone in Minya with a number of textiles manufacturers on Tuesday, according to a ministry statement. The ultimate goal would be to turn this prospective freezone into a textiles hub, Textile Export Council head Mohamed Kassem said. Talks are ongoing with potential Chinese investors interested […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EnterpriseAM Egypt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-25T04:17:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"Investment Ministry looks at opening textiles freezone in Minya\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-25T04:17:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/\"},\"wordCount\":66,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"EnterpriseAM\",\"Other Business News of Note\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Other Business News of Note\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/\",\"name\":\"Investment Ministry looks at opening textiles freezone in Minya - EnterpriseAM Egypt\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-25T04:17:43+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Investment Ministry looks at opening textiles freezone in Minya\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"caption\":\"EnterpriseAM\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Investment Ministry looks at opening textiles freezone in Minya - EnterpriseAM Egypt","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Investment Ministry looks at opening textiles freezone in Minya","og_description":"Investment Minister Sahar Nasr discussed possibly launching a 306 feddan freezone in Minya with a number of textiles manufacturers on Tuesday, according to a ministry statement. The ultimate goal would be to turn this prospective freezone into a textiles hub, Textile Export Council head Mohamed Kassem said. Talks are ongoing with potential Chinese investors interested […]","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/","og_site_name":"EnterpriseAM Egypt","article_published_time":"2017-10-25T04:17:43+00:00","author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"Investment Ministry looks at opening textiles freezone in Minya","datePublished":"2017-10-25T04:17:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/"},"wordCount":66,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"keywords":["EnterpriseAM","Other Business News of Note"],"articleSection":["Other Business News of Note"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/","name":"Investment Ministry looks at opening textiles freezone in Minya - EnterpriseAM Egypt","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-10-25T04:17:43+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/25\/investment-ministry-looks-at-opening-textiles-freezone-in-minya\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Investment Ministry looks at opening textiles freezone in Minya"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","name":"EnterpriseAM","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization","name":"EnterpriseAM","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","caption":"EnterpriseAM"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":624984,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/24\/gafi-set-to-launch-minya-textiles-freezone-before-years-end\/","url_meta":{"origin":639299,"position":0},"title":"GAFI set to launch Minya textiles freezone before year\u2019s end","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"24 September 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The General Authority for Freezones and Investment (GAFI) is set to launch the Minya textiles freezone before year\u2019s end, GAFI\u2019s legal advisor to the CEO Amr Nour El Din told reporters yesterday, according to Al Mal. Investment Minister Sahar Nasr had announced last year plans to set up the freezone,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Infrastructure"","block_context":{"text":"Infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/industries\/infrastructure\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":635493,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/12\/05\/cabinet-looks-into-establishing-public-freezone-in-minya\/","url_meta":{"origin":639299,"position":1},"title":"Cabinet looks into establishing public freezone in Minya","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"5 December 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Cabinet economic group discussed yesterday a proposal to establish a public freezone in Minya, according to a statement. The freezone would house spinning and weaving, pharma, and tech projects, among others. No further details were provided on the proposal.","rel":"","context":"In "Other Business News of Note"","block_context":{"text":"Other Business News of Note","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/other-business-news-of-note\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":599652,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/egypts-nuca-allocates-land-for-freezone-in-new-aswan\/","url_meta":{"origin":639299,"position":2},"title":"Egypt\u2019s NUCA allocates land for freezone in New Aswan","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"6 January 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) has allocated a 187-feddan land plot to the New Aswan city authority to develop a freezone, deputy head of NUCA Tarek El Sebai said. The move came in response to a request from the investment ministry amid efforts to increase the number of freezones\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Infrastructure"","block_context":{"text":"Infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/industries\/infrastructure\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":594692,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/09\/04\/increased-freezone-fees-threaten-egypts-investment-climate-mp\/","url_meta":{"origin":639299,"position":3},"title":"Increased freezone fees threaten Egypt\u2019s investment climate: MP","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"4 September 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Increased freezone fees threaten Egypt\u2019s investment climate, says Faragalla Group chairman: The General Authority for Investment\u2019s (GAFI) decision to increase utilization fees for investors in freezones could have negative consequences on the investment climate in Egypt, warns Faragalla Group Chairman Farag Amer, according to Ahram Online. GAFI last week agreed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":640981,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/09\/10\/potential-freezone-in-sohag\/","url_meta":{"origin":639299,"position":4},"title":"Potential freezone in Sohag","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"10 September 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Investment Minister Sahar Nasr met with met Ayman Abdel Moneim, Governor of Sohag, and Mahmoud El Sherif, Deputy of the House of Representatives to discuss the potential of setting up a freezone in Sohag, according to a statement from the ministry.","rel":"","context":"In "Other Business News of Note"","block_context":{"text":"Other Business News of Note","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/other-business-news-of-note\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":545681,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/04\/07\/govt-grants-freezone-status-to-alexandria-port-cargo-terminal\/","url_meta":{"origin":639299,"position":5},"title":"Gov\u2019t grants freezone status to Alexandria port cargo terminal","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"7 April 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"New freezone at Alex port for state-owned terminal: Cabinet approved yesterday the establishment of a freezone for the state-owned Egyptian Group for Multi-Purpose Terminals (EGMPT) at Alexandria port, according to a statement. The USD 500 mn project will establish a new 540k sqm multi-purpose terminal for handling containers and general\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Infrastructure"","block_context":{"text":"Infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/industries\/infrastructure\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2022\/4\/162.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639299\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/639261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639299"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=639299"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=639299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}