Submissions to receive exporters’ arrears to open on 30 January

The move is based on President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s directives to support the export sector amid the ongoing coronavirus challenges, he added.

The government has already disbursed EGP 31 billion of exporters’ arrears, benefiting over 3,000 export companies since the launch of the initiative in October 2019, according to Maait.

Nevine Mansour, the finance ministry’s adviser for financial policies, stated that the ministry disbursed EGP 957.4 million for 500 export companies during the fourth phase of the initiative.

She added that the disbursement for the second round of this phase is scheduled for 28-29 April 2022.

The initiative allows instant and cash repayment of the entirety of export companies’ arrears from the Export Development Fund at a discount of 15 percent.
The initiative supports domestic and foreign companies operating in the Egyptian market.