Within the framework of the Chamber's interest to communicate with its members and raise issues to benefit the sector and the views of the manufacturers themselves in some of the issues that concern them the room organized several seminars during the important election cycle 2007 / 2010 during which he discussed a number of topics of interest to the leather industry, including:

A. Symposium leather industry and signs of danger

The influx of leather goods to the domestic market, which are often of poor quality and low prices compared with those of leather products to reduce the quota of local marketing of national products in the market and then decline in domestic production.

Since the leather industry is relatively small in size as many of the workshops and factories lack the economy of scale in terms of productivity and efficiency on the other hand with non-use of modern technologies has led to reduced ability to adapt ... All of this led to the deterioration of conditions in some factories, but which stops production of ... And that due to the presence of uneven competition with imported instance and therefore initiated the room to take a number of actions are as follows /

- Address and meet directly with the Board of Directors and representatives of the organs concerned the control of leather products, whether imported or produced locally represented in the form of control over exports and imports and oversight bodies commercial, industrial and commercial fraud and the Customs Department and the IRS to curb commercial fraud and limit the entry of goods not conforming to standard specifications and the reduction of smuggling some of the products from the ports of entry.

- That the Customs Department for the release of imported messages in accordance with the indicative prices set by the room for shoes and leather products imported has room for this purpose to address the Eng / Minister of Trade and Industry in its letter No. 262 of 07.04.2008 prefer to agree to it.

- Tighter control of the ports especially the customs of the city of Port Said and Salloum.

- Review of the exemption of imports of footwear and leather products received on behalf of the city free from the requirement to test before release where that large quantities of these products re-exported to Port Said at the refusal in terms of specifications, they find their way back into the country through smuggling should also tighten the observation and increase the punishment for smuggling.

- Customs authorities are investigating the authenticity of their origin before customs clearance.

- Palace of transit trade to containers of a tribunal of the roof of one keyed to reduce smuggling.

- Requiring suppliers that are included with the shipping documents the actual prices and the criminalization of the importer, who submit bills sham.

- Confiscation of the messages that are displayed without being able to provide the viewer of the proof of payment of customs duties.

- To ward off the dangers faced by the Egyptian consumer, when you use certain leather goods have been imported to address the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for the inclusion of this quality in commodities that are not released until after the examination and ensure safety in accordance with the Egyptian standard specifications or internationally recognized.

In this context, the Chamber held a seminar for its members (the leather industry and the signs of danger), attended by a number of Heads of sectors and representatives from state agencies concerned to explain the risks to the industry ... And ended with a number of recommendations and /

With regard to the Customs Department /

1. The need to examine the production requirements of foreign companies, especially from China after testing and receipt of a complete product within the container production requirements

2. The chamber will notify the Customs Department for importers who provide invoices to be honest accounting by the customs.

3. Activation status of customs control within the police ambushes on the roads to control contraband.

With regard to the IRS: -

1. Inequality between local production and imported in the tax basis of accounting for retailers and doubling the profit margin for the importer on the domestic market.

2. Sufficiency in the tax return Accounting Tax pending the issuance of new legislation on the projects by micro and small enterprises.

With respect to the control of exports and imports: -

1. To obtain statistical data on the size of imports of footwear and leather goods.

2. Make sure to put the brand associated with the imported messages.

3. Testing on samples sent from the room without charge.

With regard to the interest of commercial fraud: -

1. Tightening control over Altjaralven offering Shoes and Leather Products of non-commercial invoices or fraud.

Relation to the industry sales taxes: -

1. Not be linked to recover the sales tax on export income tax office.

2. Investigation of Supply Names statement that the sale of products suspected of doing smuggled or imported, without invoices.

With regard to the interest of industrial control

1. Help small workshops on the extraction of a commercial registration or tax card to participate in the membership of the room.

To complement these actions to support local production and reduce imports into account the circumstances of the global financial crisis and that the country flow of imports of footwear and leather products has been issued a memo to Mr. / Head of the Customs Union proposal to ban the importation of footwear and leather products or increase the customs duties and the procedures guaranteed by the Convention on Trade Area Global also made room at the request of Mr. / Minister of Trade and Industry requesting the inclusion of leather in the Annex (8) the Executive Regulation of Import and Export Ordinance so as to check all the bags of all kinds, belts, bags of money, the governor of the skin's natural, industrial or fabrics, or combinations thereof to make sure it is identical to the Egyptian standard specifications that have been developed by the Chamber and the Public Authority for Exports and Imports ... Was approved by His Excellency the Minister of Trade and Industry on this requirement as of 03/16/2006 and will be done immediately after the preparation of the new regulation for import and export.

B. Seminar about alternative industrial strategy based on self-reliance

Raised in this seminar room plan agreement with the University of Helwan to start in the design and production of machinery and equipment for the Egyptian industry footwear and leather products are sold at prices less than 70% from the prices of those imported ... Has also been on the sidelines of the seminar celebrating the graduation of a group of graduates of the training center is a unique training centers affiliated to the ministry. Saw the symposium and the first deputy minister of industry sector, technological development .. And Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University Vice President for University .. And Head of Technological Development Center University .. and Mr. / Chairman of the Chamber of Engineering Industries and Mr. / Dr. Hany Barakat, First Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and head of the technological development has resulted in Alndp Declaration of Mr. / Dr. Hany Barakat, during the symposium to provide the Ministry of Industry the sum of 10 million pounds in support of the Training Center to be established within the project of the 100 factories in the Tenth of Ramadan as well as the Declaration of Chamber of Engineering Industries for donation of the number of 5 machines to start serious room for cooperation between the two chambers.

C. A joint meeting to discuss the problem of high prices, raw hides and skins and their impact on national industry

Recent period has witnessed an unprecedented rise of prices of leather so that the number of factories and workshops almost stop working with our belief fully that there are grounds have led to this increase, represented by the lack of Almzbouhat massacres, but this alone is not responsible for the soaring prices, remains the main reason for this is accelerated the pace of exports of leather Alouette Blue, which is characterized by low value-added implications that are not more than 15%, whereas the processing and entered in the leather industry by up to more than 100% during the stages of production to include other than the added value of marketing ... As well as produce exported from the negative consequences for the entire leather industry, where one of the most important goods that must be provided at affordable prices for industrial purposes has exported in the form of skins wet blue to the shortage and high price of leather finished and the tendency of some plants to import from abroad at high prices and types of quality less, which would affect negatively on the cost of leather products and footwear, as the leather of a 50_70% of the total value of inputs in the shoes industry and represents 75% of the total value of inputs in the bags and leather garments ... The Chamber considers that the export of Alouette Blue in the absence of controls would give rise to negative consequences for the industry as a whole, the most important /

Direction uncertain represented in higher prices for finished leather tanned affecting the prices in the local market and weaken the competitiveness of the footwear and other leather products to penetrate foreign markets by taking into account the situation that hit the global market for leather raw recession.

* Resulted in export of leather Alouette Blue in large quantities to the lack of employment opportunities tanneries and the existence of surplus labor force in this sector has led naturally to increased unemployment, while the increase in the manufacturing process to the Skins finished and dedicated means to absorb the labor force surplus and spend heavily on unemployment and the meaning of this is that part of the components of value added (wages) is less than in the case only on the export of Alouette Blue ... And increase in subsequent phases.

... Chamber representative to this important sector, which accounts for more than a million workers believed that the repercussions of a shortage in supply of leather are as follows /

* Exposure factories for big losses as a result of the lack of leather for manufacturing, leading to the suspension of production, increased unemployment

• Increased imports of footwear and leather products from some countries that offer their products at low prices, especially China, which leads to the direction of the local consumer to purchase these at the expense of the national product.

* The high cost of production of footwear and leather goods, thus losing its comparative advantage in global markets.

Turkey to host a delegation from the factory owners

On June 17, 2009 Hosting the room and a Turkish delegation from the owners of the Turkish factories in the area of Gaziantep, one of the most important industrial cities in the manufacture of shoes and leather goods in Turkey delegation's visit Turkish response to the invitation of the Chamber of the leather industry to benefit from the experience of Turkey in the industry of shoes and leather goods to the attract them to set up joint ventures in the fields of leather goods and shoes have been during the visit, a number of issues, mainly the exchange of technical expertise and marketing have been pointed out the Turkish delegation during the visit, development and modernization witnessed in leather goods Egyptian shoes and the future of this industry, especially after their visit to a draft of the 150 factory planned their stay in Cairo and Alexandria during the coming period and listening to the explanation and the AVI, from Yahya Zalat chairman of the chamber on the investment climate in Egypt and the comparative advantages enjoyed by Egypt's abundance of skilled labor with Alaljor occasion and the availability of raw materials are good in addition to benefiting from the agreement signed between Egypt and the COMESA Free Zone Arabic, which is awarded advantages and also the customs exemptions and tax to enter the markets of African and Arab countries has been the face of the Turkish delegation, invited members of the Board of Directors of leather industry to visit the Turkish factories in response to their visit to Cairo has told members of the Board of Directors of Chamber of the leather industry advocacy and a delegation headed by Yahya Zalat President of the Chamber and the membership of Medhat Abboud, Amr, Hani Suleiman Ashour, and Mr. Mohammed and Adel Abdel-Sadeq, Samir Jacob and Karim Hamouda gala during the visit was the signing of several bilateral agreements between members of the Egyptian delegation and the Turks their peers.

Hosting high-level delegation from Morocco to activate the cooperation protocol signed between the Chamber and the Chamber of traditional industries in Tangier.

On 09.30.2010 directed the President of the Board of Directors of the room to Morocco to participate in a promotional seminar about the benefits of the Agadir Agreement and the definition of its plan to the Executive on ways of integration and partnership opportunities available to the leather and footwear countries of the Convention,

This is during the visit there was a good opportunity to translate the desire of room leather industry in closer cooperation and the Gaza leather goods in Morocco, taking into account the contents of the Agadir agreement aimed at establishing a free trade area among Arab countries medium-and as every step common means development opportunities enhance real chances of permeability Egyptian leather products to EU countries and especially the principle of cumulation of origin provided for in the Convention would help productivity and export companies to increase capacity and expand the foreign market and in the scope /

1. Bilateral cumulation (not between the EU and between one of the countries in the Euro-Mediterranean bilateral basis,

2. Accumulation of the country (multilateral), which is between all the countries of the euro area and each other, which amounts to 44 European and Mediterranean

And then the possibility of benefit from the advantages provided by the Convention of Morocco and Egyptian leather industry is still unfamiliar with it completely ... And then went to see the room to identify the mechanisms and factors that drive the efforts of marketing as well as offering possibilities for Egyptian industry, which is characterized by expertise in the field of leather and then the trip was an invitation to some Moroccan businessmen to take advantage of features provided by the Egyptian legislation on investments foreign ... On the sidelines of the visit was the signing of a cooperation protocol between the Chamber of Leather Industry in Egypt and the Chamber of Handicraft Tangier strengthen cooperation between the two chambers and works on the development and the development and modernization of industry in the two countries in the leather industry ... As a partnership between the manufacturers of Egypt and the Maghreb will be a visit by a delegation of Chamber of Leather Industry in Egypt for leather factories in Morocco is composed of 60 participants to discuss the possibility of implementing a partnership between the Egyptian factories and their counterparts from the Maghreb ... This has a Moroccan delegation to visit Egypt on 12.14.2010 component of /

- Mr. / Ahmed Ohimidi Chairman of the Chamber of traditional industries in Tangier

And a member of the Moroccan Parliament

- Mr. / Ahmed Allen Vice President of the Tangier-Tetouan

- Mr. / Abdul Latif Outsmarting paranoiac adviser traditional industries

- Mr. / Mounir Imori adviser traditional industries

The delegation was briefed on what we have reached the Egyptian leather industry progress on all areas ... The delegation has witnessed some of the board meeting where he spoke on 15/12/2010 Prof. / Ahmed Ohimidi Chairman of the Chamber of traditional industries in Tangier and a member of the Moroccan parliament, expressing his happiness of the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Chamber of the leather industry and so out of the Agadir Agreement, which would increase the bonds of interdependence between the two countries, noting that the Chamber of traditional industries in Tangier with a membership of all activities and industry professional in Tangier, which includes within its leather industry, stressing that the Chamber of Tangiers is working hard to strengthen and promote traditional industries in Morocco in the light of the challenges faced by the fiercely competitive of the major industrialized countries ... Adding that the geographical location of the Arab Maghreb gives a comparative advantage for export to Europe, stressing that the interest of the two countries to find a formula to work towards economic integration between Morocco and Egypt ... As presented by Mr. / Ahmed Allen Vice President of the Chamber Tangier Morocco's position is currently pointing out that Morocco is currently preparing a workshop for making big for Europe, confirmed by the increase in exports to Europe during the years that have elapsed and the arrival of factories out to operating at full capacity, pointing to the existence of partnership opportunities for manufacturers, the Egyptians with their counterparts from Morocco. as Mr. / Abdul Latif Outsmarting paranoiac Adviser Chamber of traditional industries to the importance of activating the cooperation agreement between the Chamber and the Chamber of Tangier in the field of organizing joint exhibitions and exchange of visits between members of two chambers for the expertise and experience that reached by each party is also involved in the industry are willing to An Egyptian delegation visit to Tangier to complete consideration of the ways of cooperation between the two chambers in the light of that there is a possibility to take advantage of the ways and means of production used in Morocco and that because the shoe industry in Morocco, based on export to Europe.