Prime Minister Sherif Ismail chaired on Monday the meeting of the economic ministerial committee in the presence of the ministers of investment, finance, public business sector, supply, agriculture and transport.

The meeting reviewed a report on foreign trade, including the movement of exports and imports between Egypt and other countries.

Also, the meeting tackled putting into effect a program that aims at tendering the shares of the state-owned companies in Egypt Stock Exchange in order to secure financial resources to these companies along with activating the EGX.

The economic committee discussed a set of proposals on upgrading the sugar manufacturing process to meet the needs of the local market.

Means of developing the system of commodities transport across Egypt were tackle during Monday's meeting as well.

Meanwhile, Ismail issued directives to form a committee comprising the ministers of transport, supply, business sector and finance to discuss methods of upgrading the transport system of commodities.

Source : Mena