Egypt’s government has allocated 500 million Egyptian pounds to complete establishing Al-Robeky city for leather tanneries Mohamed Mehran, head of the Tannery owners Division at Cairo Chamber.
He added that the government assigned finances of 200 million pounds to upgrade Industrial waste water treatment plants in Al-Robeky city as part of the first phase.
While the government allocated 300 million pounds to build up tannery units in the second phase
The city aims at brining all leather tanneries, currently in Magra El-Oyoun, in one place to become an integrated city for leather. The state will bear the cost of transferring tanneries
In 2014, former interim President Adly Mansour approved the allocation of 389.6 acres in eastern Cairo for the benefit of the Ministry of Industry for an industrial zone for leather tanneries.
Then in 2015, the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) allotted LE 330 million of its annual budget for the Al-Robeky project.