New strategy to increase Egypt’s food exports to $100 bln annually – Egypt Today

New strategy to increase Egypt’s food exports to $100 bln annually – Egypt Today

CAIRO - 9 April 2024: The General Union of Food Industries Workers, headed by Khaled Aish, Vice President of the Workers Union and Member of the Senate, has completed the preparation of the first version of a strategy to push and support Egypt’s exports in the food industries sector.

 

The union aims to bring the exports to new record levels, after the food industries sector succeeded last year in achieving $5.1 billion during the year 2023, compared to about 4.5 billion dollars in 2022, despite the economic burdens the world witnessed as a result of raising the prices of shipping and supply operations, which is the highest value in the history of Egyptian food industry exports.

 

 

Aish explained that the strategy includes four main axes, which are:

 

The first axis:

 

It is concerned with trade union education and training on the laws related to workers, including “labor and insurance” laws, in a way that serves the business environment and creates an appropriate work environment in which the worker’s interest is taken into account, and the maximum possible benefit is achieved in light of the proposed laws, at the forefront comes subjecting workers to the insurance umbrella and taking full care of their