Ministry of Trade and Industry (Egypt)
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The Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade is the ministry in charge of trade
and industry
in Egypt
. Its headquarters are in Cairo
. The position of Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade has been held by Dr. Samir El-Sayiad
since 2011.
Trade
Trade is the transfer of ownership of goods and services from one person or entity to another. Trade is sometimes loosely called commerce or financial transaction or barter. A network that allows trade is called a market. The original form of trade was barter, the direct exchange of goods and...
and industry
Industry
Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...
in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. Its headquarters are in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
. The position of Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade has been held by Dr. Samir El-Sayiad
Samir El-Sayiad
Samir El-Sayiad is the Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade for Egypt, serving since 2011.Full Professor of Industrial Chemistry and former Dean of the Faculty of Science, Helwan University....
since 2011.