Trade Minister Neveen Gamea discussed on Tuesday with
Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker mechanisms to activate local product
preference law in the government procurement, especially in procurement for
projects implemented by the Electricity Ministry and its subsidiaries.
During the meeting, the electricity minister asserted his ministry's keenness
on giving preference to local products in the projects implemented by the
Ministry, particularly in light of the availability of products of a high
degree of quality and excellence.
For her part, the trade minister said that the aim of amending the local
product preference law is to contribute to ensuring that the local industry has
a fair share in the government procurement and enables it to compete with
imported similar products
Source: Egypt Today
