The General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) of the Egyptian Trade and Industry Ministry, has suspended some major companies operating in Egypt for violating a decision issued in 2016 regarding the registration of trademarks supplied to Egypt. The suspended companies are of a wide range of fields, such as food, detergents, medical supplies and cosmetics. 43 of 2016 regarding the amendment of the rules governing the registration of factories qualified to export their products to Egypt. The ministry explained that the recent suspended companies did not meet the required documents and therefore legal proceedings were taken in implementation of the regulations used in the registration system. Some of these the companies on the list have stopped exporting to Egypt since 2020, as they have established new factories in Egypt and no longer need to export their products.
