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Egypt\u2019s engineering exports are eyeing a massive leap from USD 6.5 bn <\/strong>in 2025 to USD 13 bn by 2030<\/strong>, Engineering Export Council (EEC) Chairman Sherif El Sayyad said yesterday at a conference attended by EnterpriseAM. To get there, the council is betting on a 15% annual growth rate \u2014 which the sector nearly met last year with a 13% y-o-y uptick.<\/p>\n

To get there, the EEC has a few ideas up its sleeve, including allowing freezone factories <\/strong>to trade rebates for rents. <\/strong>The council is currently lobbying the government to let manufacturers in freezones \u2014 who are currently ineligible for tax-offset incentives given to onshore exporters due to their unique tax status \u2014 credit these export subsidies directly against their General Authority for Investments and Freezones-mandated fees and rent.<\/p>\n

Efforts will also be helped by a Made in Egypt brand incentive<\/strong>, with the export rebate program set to include an extra 1% for companies exporting under their own registered Egyptian trademarks to reward those moving away from low-margin white-labeling. To move beyond simple assembly, the council is also looking to attract foreign investment in critical production inputs, such as refrigerator compressors and EV motors.<\/p>\n

Advanced talks are underway to establish a permanent logistics hub for Egyptian <\/strong>exports in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/strong>, intended to serve as a gateway to West African markets.<\/p>\n

The EEC is also looking west, as far as South America, for export markets<\/strong>, with plans to launch its first exploratory trade mission to Brazil and Argentina in June. The move aims to capitalize on the Egypt-Mercosur Agreement, which is set to lower customs duties on most Egyptian engineering products to 0% by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To get there, the council is betting on a 15% annual growth rate, with South America and West Africa markets as potential drivers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92941,"comment_status":"","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":[41],"tags":[101,17,40,32],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-92940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trade","tag-automotive","tag-enterprise-logistics","tag-exports","tag-trade","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"9e2c0d3b-ea74-4925-873d-321045650999","order":"5","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/277.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"EEC looks to solve freezone incentive gap to help hit USD 13 bn export target","related_issue":[92932],"teaser":"To get there, the council is betting on a 15% annual growth rate, with South America and West Africa markets as potential drivers"},"yoast_head":"\nEgypt\u2019s engineering exporters look to solve freezone incentive gap - 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