{"id":91548,"date":"2026-01-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/?p=91548"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:00:54","slug":"a-new-fresh-zone-in-egypts-gargoub-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/01\/05\/a-new-fresh-zone-in-egypts-gargoub-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A new fresh zone in Egypt\u2019s Gargoub?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Matrouh\u2019s <strong>Gargoub<\/strong> gets SCZone-like status-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The <\/strong><strong>Egyptian Cabinet has greenlit the <\/strong><strong>establishment <\/strong><strong>of the <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/edition\/am\/7b7c8483-ab99-4d9e-930a-0236166d38bd\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Gargoub Special Economic Zone<\/a><\/strong> <strong> in Matrouh<\/strong>, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02zBRLbnx1dd6a9ftMLLNtQcCDkRaK79zzvueuq98rY27AtdBAe8rvxk2P2QvgWnTtl\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> following Thursday's weekly meeting. The new general authority heading the zone will report directly to the Prime Minister, holding full jurisdiction over 402k feddans to establish companies and enter into public-private partnerships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>By granting Gargoub the special economic zone status, the state is giving it the same <\/strong><strong>perks granted to the Suez Canal Economic Zone <\/strong>\u2014 companies operating there will benefit from reduced income taxes, a specialized customs regime for equipment and inputs, and a genuine \u201cone-stop-shop\u201d for licensing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The big picture:<\/strong> Gargoub is being positioned as Egypt\u2019s western gateway to Europe, and this decree provides the regulatory certainty investors have been waiting for before committing to long-term projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>REMEMBER-<\/strong> The Egyptian Group for Multipurpose Terminals (EGMPT) is planning to establish a new terminal at Gargoub Port as part of a planned <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/news\/story\/734e23d7-a7ac-48e7-bae0-64855443b5c4\/egmpt-to-establish-two-terminals-in-the-mediterranean-ports-of-abu-qir-and%253cmark%253e-gargoub%253c%2Fmark%253e\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 230 mn ports push<\/a> in the North. The area was also eyed by international players, including for a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/news\/story\/e7d3e1a1-ce75-4e68-af8c-20a3ca2c4284\/the-egypt-eu-investment-summit-brings-big-export-potential-for-egypt\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">green hydrogen plant<\/a> by a consortium led by the Belgian Deme Group and a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2024\/03\/25\/turkish-firm-eyes-usd-7-bn-logistics-and-industrial-zone-in-egypt\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 7 bn industrial zone<\/a> by the Turkish Do\u011fu\u015f Construction and Trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This means Gargoub will get the same perks granted to the Suez Canal Economic Zone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","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":[63],"tags":[62,49,17,21],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-91548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-also-on-our-radar","tag-also-on-our-radar","tag-egypt","tag-enterprise-logistics","tag-zones","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"27072109-555c-4755-953f-0c879008499a","order":"9","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/1\/84.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Egypt\u2019s cabinet greenlights development of a new zone in Matrouh\u2019s Gargoub","related_issue":[91534],"teaser":"This means Gargoub will get the same perks granted to the Suez Canal Economic Zone"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A new fresh zone in Egypt\u2019s Gargoub? 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