The Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry, Engineer Ahmed Samir, indicated that "it was agreed with the General Federation of Chambers of Commerce that all chambers in the governorates are committed to achieving an abundance of supply of goods and products and making them available at prices commensurate with their real value without adding any unjustified increases to the consumer, especially in light of the facilitations." provided by the government and the Central Bank to release large quantities of imported goods and production requirements, with a value exceeding $5 billion, since the beginning of this December until today, which contributes to increasing the productivity of food factories, and then increasing the supply of goods to meet the needs of citizens.
General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, which was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in the presence of the President of the Federation, Engineer Ibrahim Al-Arabi, the two vice-presidents, the secretary-general of the federation, and heads of chambers in the governorates dealt with ways to ensure the provision of discounted basic commodities to citizens, especially with the approaching holy month of Ramadan.
For his part, the President of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce stressed that "the chambers of commerce and their affiliates are committed to the social responsibility of the private sector, especially during the global economic conditions, in which the state, the private sector, and the citizen must participate in absorbing its effects in order to pass safely."
Source (Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce website, edited)