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A short while ago I dined at a very well known Leicestershire venue that attracts people from all over the country. The dessert menu included 'a selection of French cheeses'. Nothing wrong in that you may say but ponder a little longer and you begin to wonder why specifically French cheeses. That venue is but a few miles from the source of some of the best cheeses in the world, made locally in Leicestershire. The UK more widely makes a huge range of some of the finest cheeses that money can buy.

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Egypt

Egypt today is a growing attractive market that can offer major business opportunities to informed traders and investors. Trade and investment between the UK and Egypt is promising. UK Trade & Investment has identified opportunities that exist across a wide range of sectors including Education & Training, Engineering, Oil & Gas and ICT.

What are the opportunities?
Egypt has been going through a period of intense economic, political and structural reform. 2007 was a boom year for the Egyptian economy, vindicating the economic reforms initiated by the government in 2004. The current global financial crisis finds Egypt better insulated than many, thanks to recent reforms and limited direct exposure, but growth has slowed.

Good personal contacts are essential in Egypt and regular visits are necessary to develop successful business.

UK Trade & Investment has identified the following sectors in Egypt as offering the best opportunities for UK companies:

•Education & Training
•Engineering
•Oil & Gas
•ICT

Opportunities also exist in Water, Construction, Railways and Fire & Security.

International Market Advisor (IMA) in association with UK Trade & Investment (part of the British Governments Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform) produce CD ROM based, trade publications, designed to advise and assist UK companies looking to trade with and invest in overseas markets. Please email emita stating your name, company, address, telephone and email address and we will send it in the post to you free of charge.

emita has CD-ROM Trade Guides on trading with Egypt. The Egypt Trade Guide is a comprehensive guide to trading with and investing in Egypt. It is aimed at British business leaders who want to expand into the Egyption market, and contains a large amount of useful and interesting information and contacts.
Please email emita stating your name, company, address, telephone and email address and we will send it in the post to you free of charge.

The information provided above is merely an overview; should you require further details you can obtain comprehensive international trade assistance from UK Trade and Investment (UKTI). To find out more information about this country, visit the UKTI Egypt web page.

If you're interested in attending an event relating to this country or the possibility of joining a trade mission, please visit the UKTI East Midlands website. If you would like to speak to a UKTI International Trade expert about doing business with this country, please call the UKTI East Midlands office on 01332 826394.