# Egypt approves $1 billion chemical manufacturing project in SCZone

The Ministerial Group for Industrial Development approved a chemical manufacturing project worth $1 billion in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, specializing in pesticides, chlorine products, and alkalis.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2026-01-20
- Where: Suez Canal Economic Zone, Egypt
- Value: $1.00B
- Status: announced
- Products: pesticides, chlorine products, alkalis
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone](https://endata.com/companies/89762.md)

## Sources

- [english.ahram.org.eg](https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/560825/Business/Economy/Egypt-approves--bln-in-new-chemical,-tire-manufact.aspx), 2026-01-20: "The cabinet has urged the state’s export councils to prepare plans to raise non-oil exports by 15–20 percent annually through 2030."

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