Origin and beginning
The decree of the prime minister No. 806 of 2004
Was issued with the approval of establishing a public free zone on an area of
1600 acres
In Badr City under the free of charge assets property transfer system.
Location benefits
The zone is located on the Cairo- Suez highway
With a 2.5 Km facade , in the center of the most recent housing
compounds
With a population of 2.5 million such as:
( Madinaty – El Rehab – El Shorouk - New Heliopolis – Badr city )
20 Km from Cairo international airport
60 Km from Suez port
80 Km from El Sokhna port
Implementation status
In the light of the changes in the strategic planning of Badr city
We are coordinating with the administrative office of Badr city
And the new urban communities authority, and the National Centre for
Planning State Lands Usage affiliated to the Egyptian cabinet, to acquire the
available remnant area of the location under the free of charge assets
property transfer system, to enable the General Authority For Investment
and Free Zones ( GAFI) to finance and implement the location’s
development and improving processes, as well as carrying out the needed
preparations to receive the investment projects
Vision and targets
An international public free zone for export- oriented industries with the
investment cost expected to exceed 2.25 billion L.E for developing and
improving the site on 5 phases for a range of time that should not be more
than 15 years
Suggested investment activities
Renewable resources Energy generating technology
Technology and electronic industries
Engineering, electrical and integral industries
Food processing and related industries
Medicines and medical supplements manufacturing
Targeted economic returns
- Attracting investments exceeding 3.5 billion USD by the end of the zone’s
establishment’s last phase , in order to establish 800 investment projects.
- Creating around 150 thousand job opportunities.
- Investment costs are estimated to exceed 7.5 billion USD.
- Investments are expected to exceed 9 billion USD per year.
- Exports out of the country are estimated to exceed 6 billion USD per year.