Official statistics show that there are now 4,700 food manufacturing enterprises in Egypt, employing 210,000 workers, reported Al-Ahram . The output value of these factories stands at 31 billion Egyptian Pounds (six billion dollars). The local food industry contributes to 46 percent of the product value of the industrial and mining sector’s GDP. — (menareport.com)
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