Alexandria Governorate

• Alexandria is the second largest city of Egypt and its principal maritime port.
• Overlooking the Mediterranean sea, it is located North West of the Nile delta Situated at 225km distance from Cairo it’s coast extends 70 km from Abu Qir East to Sidi Kerair West,

Basic factors

• Tourism (Serabium Temple, Roman Theatre, Quaytbay Citadel, Alexandria Library, Hellenic and Roman History Museum.)
• Industrial zones at Borg El-Arab and free zones in Amreya
• Two ports(Eastern port & Dekheila Western port )

Public free zone

• Situated at 20 km. from Nozha International Airport, Borg El-Arab Airport, Alexandria port and located at the center of a network of roads.

Alex Public free zone is at 7 km from Dekheila Port.

• Located on 5.7 million m2
• Two phases of development:

Fields of investment

• Industries such as spinning and weaving, ready made clothes, house – hold garments.
• Food processing Alimentary industries and food products.
• Chemicals & petrochemicals industries, fertilizers, petroleum services, and natural gas industrialization and liquefaction.
• Engineering and electronics industries.
• Manufacturing of medical equipment.
• Navigation services, maritime shipment, roro (roll on/ roll off) vessels.

Address: Amreya (Alexandria/Cairo Desert Road) P.O.B: Alexandria 2351
Tel.:  (+203) 4480747 / 4482760 / 4493661
Fax:  (+203) 4480749 / 4480751
Email: alexandria-fz@gafinet.or

Cairo Governorate

• Cairo, the capital city of Egypt is the cultural center for the Arab and Islamic world.
• The logo of its flag is El- Azhar El-Sharif Mosque and its national day is the 6th of July. Cairo governorate is situated on the East bank of the River Nile overlooking 41.542Km. of its border.
• Populated by 7.3 million citizens, it is visited daily by at least
  2 million people for tourism or business purposes.
• It encompasses monuments from various civilizations e. g.
  Pharaonic Roman, Christian and Islamic.
• Among these: (El- Azhar mosque, Salah El-din Citadel, Suspended Church, Khan El- khalily, Egyptian
  Museum, Cairo International Conference Center, Opera house…)

Public free zone:

• GAFI Free Zone stretches over an area of 168 feddans.
• Site advantages:
  •  Located within Cairo governorate in the vicinity of Cairo Airport.
  • Close proximity from major services.
  • Connected through a network of roads and railroads in the vicinity of Cairo airport (15 km).
  • It is equipped with basic infrastructure availability e. g. roads, water, sewage system, electricity and telecommunications networks. It has an integrated customs unit, a police unit and a security unit).
  • Industrial activity represents 90% of the zone's projects.
    

Fields of investment

• Food processing.
• Pharmaceutical industries and medical equipment.
• Spinning and weaving, fabrics and readymade garments.
• Engineering, electric and electronic (parts) industries.
• Storage  and  service  logistics in the  field  of maritime
  transport, and petroleum sector in addition to seismic survey activities.

Address: Nasr City, El-Sefarat district Behind El- wafaa Wal- Amal project
P.O.B: 8044 Cairo
Tel.:  (+202) 22748129
Fax:  (+202) 22748467
Email: nasrcity-fz@gafinet.org

Port Said Governorate

• Located at the North East of the A.R.E., overlooking the North entrance of Suez canal.
• It's a cross roads for trade and the center of communication
  between East and West.
• It's linked with the Coastal International Highway through
  Port Said / Ismailia desert road and El-Salam International
  Bridge passing through Suez Canal.
• It is characterized by a moderate climate all year round, a
  diversity of hotels, residence services, universities, tourist and entertainment sites, markets and commercial centers.

Port Said Free Zone

• 729 thousand m2 area Located near Port Said Port.
• The free zone has all the basic infrastructures (internal
  roads, water, networks, sewage system, electricity, telecommunication networks) currently natural gas is being installed).

Fields of investment

• Spinning and weaving, and ready-made clothes.
• Chemicals and leather goods products.
• Food processing industry, cleaning products manufacturing and food packing.
• Sieving and grading agricultural crops.
• House hold& electric appliances.
• Services activities (petroleum and maritime services, maintenance and scrapping of ships re-export equipment).
• Goods storage and re-export.
  

Expansion
Due to the investors' growing interest in setting up projects in the zone - especially after its inclusion in the QIZ agreement the Authority has annexed two new locations (260 thousand m2) to the Zone (El- Drissa & El- Rasswa). The Authority is working now on the infrastructure utilities necessary for attracting  new investment projects.

Address: Port Said City P.O.B. 242 Port Said.
P.O.B: 8044 Cairo
Tel.:  (+2066) 724798 / 729752
Fax:  (+2066) 3728724
Email: portsaid-fz@gafinet.org

Suez Governorate

• Suez governorate is one of the Canal and Sinai governorates. It is
  situated East of Delta, North of Suez Gulf, linked with other Egyptian governorates by main roads railroads, a ring road.
• The governorate is famous for its technical training centers, the
  petroleum-engineering expertise and petrol refineries.
• There are five important ports in Suez governorate: (El-Sokhna
   port, Tewfiq port, Adabeya port, petrol basin port, and El-Atka fishing
  port). There are three sorting area, serving export and import commodities, in addition to a specialized area / container  for oil tanks.
• The governorate is famous for its natural resources such as (limestone,
  clay, coal, petroleum, marble, line and stone quarries)
• Suez governorate has many famous tourist attractions such as (El- Ein
  El -Sokhna area, an important recreational and medical center) in addition to a variety of historic sites like Moses' springs, Muhammad
  Aly Palace, Roman Catholic Church and Judaic Hill at El- Khoor).

Suez Public Free Zone

•   It was established in 1975 on two locations:-

• Port Tewfik location (an area of 75660 m2), adjacent
  to Suez port's fence.
• Adabeya   location (an area of 247208 m2) overlooking Suez bay coast at 5km distance from
  Adabeya Port.
• Suez city is a strategically located. Its maritime and commercial port enjoys additional advantages e. g.:( roads & communication networks, five ports, faculties and institutes and labor force).
• It is equipped with utilities and basic infrastructure (roads,
  water, sewage system, electricity, telecommunications network, a customs integrated unit, a maritime unit and a security unit).

Fields of investment

• Petrochemicals industry, tints and detergents, fertilizers, petroleum
  services and petroleum equipment leasing, petrol refineries, and natural
  gas liquefaction.
• Glass industry, all types of iron industry, metal products.
• Ships, yachts and fishing boats industry, navigation services, ship
  supplying and provisioning.
• Coal fracturing and carbon industries.
• Administrative Management and operation of port maritime services.

Address: Suez, Port –Tewfik.
P.O.B: 110 Suez.
Tel.:  (+2062)3230350
Fax:  (+2062)3230355
Email: suez-fz@gafinet.org

Ismailia Governorate

• Overlooking the Suez Canal Ismailia is strategically located between Suez & Port Said Ports at a short distance   from the
  International Coastal Highway (5km), a railway network as well as roadsand highway networks linking it to all the nearby governorates and ports.
• Considered as the Canal district's capital, it offers abundant skilled and qualified labor and enjoys a moderate weather throughout the year.
• It has tourist attraction areas e. g. lakes (El-temsah & El Morra), tourist   sites (Antiquities museum, De Leseps museum Commonwealth tombs at El-Tal-El-Kebir).
• It has two industrial zones; the first (an area of 535 feddans) and the
  second at East Qantara (an area of 910 feddans), in addition to the
  Technology Valley and a public free zone.
• Agrarian investment is available through El-Salam mega waterway project.

Ismailia Public Free Zone

• Situated at Cairo/Port Said Desert Road, (an area of
  775 feddans (325000 m2). Its first phase is fully equipped with infrastructure facilities. (An area of 100 feddans (420000 m2).
• It's 30 km away from Mubarak's El-Salam Bridge crosses over Suez Canal to the continent of Asia, it is located near the ports (85km from Port Said
  port, and Suez Port, 120 km from Cairo Airport
  and 125 km from Damietta Port. A highway network links the area to all governorates).
• The Free Zone is located near the first and second
  industrial parks, and near the Technology Valley.
• It is equipped with basic infrastructure such as: (roads,
  water and sewage networks, electricity and telecommunications.  It has an integrated customs unit, a port security unit).
• Natural   gas   may   be   delivered to   the   projects upon the owner's request.

Fields of investment:

• Ready made garments, leather and leather products.
• Computers & electronic hardware, software & IT systems.
• Chemicals & fertilizers, petroleum services, petroleum equipment
  leasing.
• Good’s storage and re-export.

Address: Ismailia / Port Said desert   road, Ezz El-Din, Ismailia
P.O.B: 121 Ismailia
Tel.:  (+2062) 3230350 (064) (3482870) (3482841)
Fax:  (+2062) 3230355 (2064) (3482869)
Email: ismailia-fz@gafinet.org

Damietta Governorate

• Damietta governorate lays at North of the delta, overlooking the east bank of the river Nile.
• Due to the diversity of its economic activity, and its reliance on the
  human qualified factor as well as small productive units mostly owned
  and run by the private sector, the governorate is considered as one of the
  best economic patterns.
• The Damietta port was inaugurated in 1986 which is considered as an
  alternate port to Alexandria to decrease the freight costs, ships
  demurrage, and to promote the transportation of containers activity, it
  soon developed into an important transit port embracing the biggest
  containers' area around the country.
• The governorate has an industrial park near Damietta east port, covering
  an area of 190 feddans allocated for the establishment of export industries projects and an industrial park south of New Damietta city on 300 feddans area.

Public Free Zone

• The zone is situated in a unique location overlooking the
  Mediterranean Sea 55km West of Port Said's port. As it is adjacent to
  Damietta port's fence it helps to decrease the transportation and
  insurance costs for commodities handling. In addition to the
  completion of all customs procedures directly in the zone.
• Main railway lines connect it to Cairo and Alexandria, railroads for
  goods transportation, plus a network of roads that link it to the other
  governorates. In addition to The International Coastal Highway,
  Damietta has also a maritime channel, which links it with the
  Mediterranean countries, and a river canal linking it with the
  Egyptian cities.

The zone, 190 feddans has all basic infrastructure facilities (roads, water networks, sewage, system electricity and telecommunications networks).

Fields of investment

• Petrochemicals, petroleum services, gas liquefaction.
• Medical equipments, computers and electronic hardware assembly
• Spinning & weaving and ready-made garments, food processing.
• Maritime transport activity, maritime services.
• Furniture and wooden products manufacturing

Address: Damietta - east Damietta's port
P.O.B: 191 Damietta
Tel.:  (+2057) 291111 / 261111 / 290140
Fax:  (+2057) 292222
Email: damietta-fz@gafinet.org

The 6th of October city:

• The city is located within El-Giza governorate, dotted with a new
  network of roads and transportations.
• Being above the sea surface level has endowed it with a pleasant
  weather throughout the year (summer and winter). Its architectural
  design allowed a variety of housing standards provided with public
  services
• It has an industrial zone, a media public free zone (Media
  Production City) and a tourist site containing projects, villages and
  clubs.

Media Public Free Zone

• Established in 2000 as a public Free Zone with a special nature,
  focused on the artistic and media production activities along with the
  relevant productive and services activities.
• Stretched out on a 3 million m2 area, the Media Public Free Zone is
  considered as a district outside the customs territory of the country.
• Managed by GAFI, It is the first area in Egypt where the private
  sector owns most of the land.

Fields of investment

• Radio, television and satellite broadcasting.
• Producing radio, television, cinema programs along with media and
  artistic production.
• Producing, manufacturing and assembling materials and equipments
  necessary for the media activities.
• Offering, advertising, informative media and public relations services.
• Organizing   exhibitions   for   local   and   international   companies
  specialized in media products and communication equipments.
  
• Hotels, tourist facilities, and shopping centers submitting services to the free zone.

Address: Media production city - Of 6 October city.
P.O.B: 12568 B
Tel.:  (+202) 38555504 / 38555502
Fax:  (+202) 38400503
Email: media-fz@gafinet.org

Menofia governorate

• Menofia Governorate is situated at the central Delta region. Agriculture is considered as one of its main activities.
• Menofia is famous for its cotton, maize, wheat crops production and
  export, in addition to its exportable vegetables such as potatoes and
  green beans.
• It embodies mega projects and export oriented industries (spinning and weaving, silk carpets and mother of pearl products), aside with marble, granite and sponges industries. In addition to 3 industrial zones.

Shebin El- Kom Public Free Zone

• The zone is situated on 20 feddans area as a first phase (84 thousand m2), to be extended to 48 feddans on its second phase.
• It is located within the property of Misr/ Shebin El-Kom Spinning
  and Weaving Company, near the tricot and spinning affiliated factories. 12 km far from Cairo/Alexandria agricultural road, 70 km Cairo and from Sadat City and Cairo/Alexandria desert road.
• It has a high population density, as well as well trained and low cost labor.

Fields of investment

• Main activities : spinning and weaving
• Secondary activities (21feddans area ):  complementary industries (ready made garments, weaving industries ,tanning & preparing the
  ready made garments, tobacco and food processing)

Address: Media Within MISR/SHEBIN EL KOM Weaving & spinning Co area.
Tel.:  (+2048) 2236946
Fax:  (+2048) 2236986
Email: shibinelkoom-fz@gafinet.org

Qena governorate

• Qena is one of the Upper Egypt's governorates,  it is located
  640 km away from Cairo, and extends 240 km east and west of the
  river Nile, with a population estimated by 2.7 million.
• It is ranked first for sugar cane, tomatoes, bananas, sesame and
  hibiscus production.
• The governorate has four sugar factories as well as one spinning and weaving factory, in addition to the aluminum complex considered as the biggest industrial citadel in the Middle East.
• The governorate also includes three industrial parks: Qeft on a
  surface area of 595 feddans, Nagaa Hamady on a surface area of 636 feddans and Qena Small Industries Complex on a surface area of 50 feddans.
• The governorate has several tourist sites and Pharaoh Monuments.

The public free zone

• The zone is situated on a surface area of 216 feddans , it benefits from its location as it is directly overlooking Qeft/EL-Quseir desert road.
• 7 km far from Cairo/Aswan road, 30km from Qena city, 45km from
  Luxor city, 180 km from El- Quseir Port, 250 km from Safaga Port.
• Labor force is provided as governorate’s citizens and the nearby cities especially Luxor.
• Infrastructure availability for (a mobile and a fixed power transformer units, a central water pipeline, a complex of wells, a Nile water outlet, in addition to firefighting Facilities as well as an air oxidized internal sewage network and a telephone central)
  a power station is under establishment.

• The establishment of an industrial complex for the Pharmaceutical industries and its feeder industries.
• There are several free zone projects working in the Pharmaceutical industries and in other fields: food processing engineering.
• Zone free spaces in allocated through acquisition system free of charges.
  no charges (the zone free space is allocated through possession free of charges).

Address: Industrial park - El Kalaheen - Qeft - Qena governorate.
Email: keft-fz@gafi net.org

• Established in 1995, focused on containers and transit activities, its borders were adjusted in 2003 to be parallel to the borders of the pivotal Port Said East port.
• An area of 35.4 million m2.
• An intermediate location between the international trade lines makes it an important distribution and logistic business    center, serving the entire Mediterranean area and neighboring regions.
• A   good   potential   of industrial   integration   and commodities exchange with the adjacent industrial zones and its projects.
• Port Said authority port is the one entitled to implement basic infrastructure facilities. It accomplished the implementation of new entry canal streaming directly from the sea, in addition to the establishment of a containers (dock).
• The Suez Canal for Containers Company, has built a container station according to the B.O.T system, with a capacity of 600 thousand containers yearly, estimated to leach 1.2 million containers in the next few years.
• Five huge cranes with 1200 tones capacity to be
  expanded to 12 cranes during the next phase.

Address: Port Said Public Free Zone- Port Said city
P.O.B: 242 Port Said
Tel.:  (+2066) 724798 / 729752
Fax:  (+2048) 482869
Email: portsaid-fz@gafinet.org