Together with Egypt and Jordan, it accounts for 25% of the GDP of the countries of the region

The UAE leads the launch of a "developed industrial giant" in the Middle East and North Africa

The partnership reflects the UAE's keenness to deepen brotherly relations and promote sustainable development and prosperity in the region.

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The UAE is launching a new industrial era based on advanced technology, employing resources and capabilities, strengthening international and regional partnerships, and pushing efforts to build an advanced and competitive Middle Eastern industrial fortress, through an integrated industrial partnership for sustainable economic development with Egypt and Jordan, which has three main pillars in three Arab capitals, Abu Dhabi and Amman. and Cairo.

The trade bloc of the three countries ranks 14th in terms of the value of exports with the world at $419 billion, and imports at $380 billion, which holds great opportunities for the growth of manufacturing integrated products in the three countries.

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This partnership reflects the UAE’s keenness to deepen brotherhood and partnership relations and enhance the foundations of sustainable development and prosperity in the region, through a diversified and sustainable industrial sector that relies on quality industrial projects in five areas that promote economic growth, support the exchange of experiences, and deepen the integration between the unique advantages of each country on the In terms of enhancing food and drug security, integrating value chains, and developing more joint industries in the future.

The UAE, Egypt and Jordan represent 25% of the gross domestic product in the Middle East and North Africa, with a value of $765 billion annually, and the three countries constitute about 26% of the region’s population, with a population of 122 million consumers. The three countries ranked 14th with the world in terms of the value of exports and imports, at six billion dollars.

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The “integral industrial partnership for sustainable economic development” between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and the Arab Republic of Egypt is an example of the UAE’s commitment to establishing quality partnerships regionally and globally, in line with its vision of enhancing the role of the industrial sector, linking it to advanced technology, and benefiting from competitive advantages and capabilities. provided by each country, making the UAE a leading global destination for the industries of the future and a center that attracts the most prominent industries, and makes the state a launching pad for industrial investors towards global markets, taking advantage of logistical services, advanced infrastructure, modern transport networks, availability of raw materials and infrastructure, and in a manner that ensures flexibility in chains supply, stimulate sustainable economic growth, enhance value-added industries, and increase their global competitiveness.

This partnership also embodies the depth of the close fraternal relations between the three countries, the common vision and mutual trust.. The partnership is a platform for cooperation in the future, and is based on the importance of integration, enhancing openness, developing the industrial sector, exchanging economic benefits, and benefiting from human resources and expertise through the establishment of large joint industrial projects. In more than one country, which provides new job opportunities, contributes to increasing the gross domestic product and diversifies the economy in each country, supports industrial production and increases exports.

5 areas

1- Agriculture, Food and Fertilizer

Food security is a major objective of this partnership, as participating countries have all the key elements in food value chains to expand investment in the production of fertilizers, grains, animal products and food production capacity.

The UAE, Egypt and Jordan enjoy a set of globally competitive natural resources in terms of natural gas, renewable energy sources and mineral resources, in order to produce basic materials for sustainable development.

Egypt enjoys a global leadership position as a prominent country in the production and processing of food and agricultural operations that meet the growing needs of the peoples of the three countries, as well as for Jordan, which enjoys a diversity of agro-climatic and bio-environmental areas and a plurality of agricultural products with high technical specifications thanks to the application of modern production technology.

Innovative technologies, fertilizer components and basic plastic products that are available in the UAE will be harnessed in the fields of agriculture and irrigation, as this vital sector has recently witnessed many cross-border transactions that reflect its strength and influence.

The participation of agricultural and food products in the GDP in the three countries is estimated at $52 billion in 2019, with a growth rate of 11% annually.

The value of imports of wheat, fodder, fruits, vegetables, meat and fish reached $37 billion in 2019. There are opportunities for promising projects to increase fertilizer production and agriculture, especially wheat and corn, and feed production to meet the growth needs of the dairy, meat, poultry, food processing and food packaging sectors.

2- Medicines

Jordan, the UAE and Egypt are among the largest pharmaceutical industries centers in the region, as they collectively own the largest manufacturing centers in the region, with more than 200 pharmaceutical factories with exports worth more than one billion dollars to 90 countries, and the value of the pharmaceutical market in these countries is estimated at nine billion dollars with a growth rate of 7% Annually, the drug import market reached $5 billion in 2019.

This sector is characterized by the availability of skilled labor, innovation specifications, regulatory standards, and high productivity.

The partnership allows benefiting from the UAE's chemical inputs, manufacturing capabilities, and modern storage and distribution facilities, as well as benefiting from Egypt's plans to establish the largest pharmaceutical manufacturing center in the Middle East and North Africa region, in addition to the large Egyptian market size and the possibility of benefiting from a large group of trained doctors, pharmacists, engineers and technicians.

Jordan has extensive experience in manufacturing small molecules and the global spread of its pharmaceutical products and its competitiveness, as Jordanian products have reached 90 countries around the world.

The partnership also seeks to benefit from the increasing development of the UAE in the pharmaceutical sector, as its exports of medicine reach 48 countries.

There are opportunities for projects in medicines estimated at about five billion dollars, especially in the field of producing alternative medicines and manufacturing active ingredients for medicines (raw materials).

3- Apparel and textiles

The contribution of the textile industry to the GDP in Jordan, the UAE and Egypt exceeds five billion dollars.

Together, these countries supply some of the world's largest brands of high-quality fabrics and apparel.

The three countries have significant strengths in the value chain that will create viable economic opportunities.

Egypt has an integrated textile sector, in addition to the available skills, competitive labor costs, advanced facilities for the textile and clothing industry, in addition to its strategic location. Its exports of fabrics and clothing exceeded 300,000 tons annually.

For its part, Jordan has a competitive sector that focuses on the final product and export, benefiting from the free trade agreements it signed with various countries, including the United States.

The UAE also has a distinct ability to provide textile raw materials at competitive prices to support the expansion of the textile industry in Egypt and Jordan, and a group of nearby large markets such as India, with which it has signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement.

4- Petrochemicals

Petrochemicals are key enablers for the agriculture, food, fertilizer, textile, pharmaceutical and other sectors.

The participation of the petrochemical industry in the GDP in 2019 in the UAE, Egypt and Jordan combined exceeded 16 billion dollars. million tons per year, paving the way for expansion projects in the petrochemical and manufacturing industries estimated at $21 billion.

5- Metals

The three countries possess abundant sources of minerals that will have an important participation in value-added products. The value of the iron, metals, aluminum and steel market in the three countries is estimated at $13 billion, with an annual growth rate of 2%.

Jordan and Egypt have large reserves of high-quality silica, which is a basic material for many manufacturing industries, such as building materials and household products, and provides a future platform for looking at industries with higher added value.

For its part, the UAE is one of the five largest aluminum producing countries in the world, benefiting from its access to bauxite ore, competitive and sustainable energy, and leading technology.. Aluminum-based products represent an important opportunity for growth and expansion and support the fast-growing automotive and construction sectors.

There are opportunities in the metals sector (aluminum, iron, silica and potash) for projects worth $23 billion by using these materials to manufacture higher value products such as glass, electrical wires, car components, solar panels and microelectronic chips.

 High Committee and Executive Committee

• Under the partnership, a tripartite higher committee will be established, headed by the ministers of industry, to be followed by an executive committee composed of deputy ministers and representatives of the concerned authorities and sectors.

The committee will work with the private sector to accelerate the pace of economically feasible opportunities, and will identify the participating parties and the courses of action required to achieve the objectives of these partnerships.

The committee will also review the progress achieved, facilitate and supervise cooperation and consider additional sectors and projects for the strategic economic partnership, and it will work to accelerate the pace of economically feasible opportunities, and coordinate the group of private sector participants and the courses of action required to achieve the objectives of these partnerships.

Partnership based on existing cooperation

• Cooperative relations at the economic level between the three countries are of great importance, for example, the investment of the UAE Holding Company (ADQ) in the two Egyptian companies MOPCO ($266 million) and Abu Qir Fertilizers ($391 million), and ADQ also invested in Commercial International Bank In Egypt with a value of $987 million, and in the Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company ($186 million) with the aim of developing the river transport system and establishing ports.

The UAE’s investments in Jordan exceed $17 billion in infrastructure, transport, tourism, agriculture, industry and renewable energy. Jordanian investment in the United Arab Emirates amounts to $2 billion, mostly in the real estate sector.

Industrial Sector Participation

• The participation of the industrial sector in the gross domestic product of the UAE increased, to reach 150 billion dirhams, and industrial exports exceeded 116 billion dirhams, an increase of more than 50% from 2019, and more than 220 new industrial production units were licensed, 41.4 billion dirhams were directed again To the UAE market through the National Value Added Program.

The UAE, Egypt and Jordan possess globally competitive natural resources such as gas, renewable energy and mineral resources.

The partnership includes quality industrial projects in 5 areas that promote economic growth and support the exchange of experiences.

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• One billion dirhams, the participation of the industrial sector in the gross domestic product of the UAE.

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