Mobile Phones
Both Egyptians and foreigners residing in Egypt can purchase eSIMs and activate them on their phones.
The report added that Egypt and Nigeria, the two most populous countries in the continent, represent nearly a third of the number of internet users in the continent.
CAPMAS monitored a decline in Egyptian imports of mobile devices for individuals to reach only 20 thousand dollars last January, while they were 262 thousand dollars in January in 2023, a decrease in value amounted to 242 thousand dollars.
Communications Minister stated that Egypt aims to grow the telecommunications and information technology sector by more than 16 percent in the current fiscal year.
Egypt's imports of mobile phones declined significantly last May, as their total value amounted to only about 282 thousand dollars, while it was about 13 million and 595 thousand dollars in May 2022, a decline of about 13 million and 313 thousand dollars.
The amendment aims to lift the tax of “advancing financial resources” off both the components needed for local mobile phones production and the locally manufactured end product, while maintaining the same tax on imported counterparts used for commercial gains.
After the approval of the House of Representatives on Republican Resolution No. 558 of 2021 amending some categories of customs tariffs, the customs tax was reduced from 60 percent to 2 percent for “pumping heads for containers filled under pressure” (atomizer heads); As a production requirement for a number of industries.
Samsung Beni Suef factory exports amounted to $790 million in 2015 and target to export around 80-85 percent of its screen production to the MENA region
Samsung will launch the new Galaxy Note8 on August 26, 2017 as the most expensive Samsung cellphone ever sold.
