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In the framework of the sustainable efforts exerted by industrial sector to support the Egyptian Industrial base and push the Egyptian industrial product to occupy a suitable position in the outer markets, the productivity capacity of a number of basic industries increased at a rate of 25 percent during the past twenty five years. In addition, such new fields as hi-tech and micro-electronic industries were introduced.
The Egyptian industrial construction is based on seven industries representing 80 percent of the industrial facilities. The country's three top industries are textiles, food and beverage, Furniture, minerals, chemicals and metallurgy are also major industries.
In regard to the distribution of industrial production sector in 2005, it was remarkable that the engineering, electronic and electric industries ranked first with 30 present of the industrial production volume. Then tobacco, foods and beverage sector with 23 percent, the chemical industries with 15 percent and the weaving and spinning, clothes and leather with 10 percent
These are the most important four sector in the Egyptian economy in terms of the number of industrial facilities. Their participation in the total industrial production and their capacity to absorb labor force and wages standard. In 2005 they obtained 78 percent of industrial investments and 79 percent of labours.
The volume of production has been regularly growing in many industries. In 2005/06 the spinning and weaving industry reached about 305 thousand tons and 315,1 million pieces of ready-made garments. Construction and building materials plants put out 33060 thousand tons of cement and 4954.9 thousand tons of reinforcement steel and food industry, 1645 thousand tons of sugar.
In the polity fodder production 10597 thousand tons. In the fertilizers industry 10810 thousand tons of azotic fertilizers and about 1393 thousand tons of phosphates fertilizers.
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