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The facility is being built on 190,000 square metres. Construction of the first production line is complete, and operations for the project’s first phase are expected to begin this year.
The plant will have a production capacity of 500,000 tons per year, with around 80 percent intended for export to European and East Asian markets.
The General Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (GAAD) is supporting the project’s requirements for utilities, water, and energy.
Using Chinese and European technologies, the plant will convert low-grade raw materials into higher value-added products, focusing on concentration and impurity reduction, according to Movingfert Chairman Sherif Zeid.
The project aims to increase the concentration of low-grade phosphate ore to 18–24 percent and produce approximately 3 million tons annually of high-grade phosphate at 32–34 percent concentration.
Movingfert is a multinational producer, trader, and marketer of fertilizers and raw materials. Founded over 15 years ago, the company operates in the Czech Republic, Egypt, and soon in Dubai.
The Keft Free Zone was chosen for its proximity to major phosphate mining areas and Safaga port, which will lower transportation costs and facilitate exports, GAFI CEO Mohamed El-Gawsaky said.
El-Gawsaky also highlighted recent initiatives to boost exports, link Egypt to global value chains, and reduce average customs clearance time from 15.8 days to 5.8 days, following $550 million in customs infrastructure investments. These efforts have helped Egyptian companies cut shipping costs by around $1.5 billion.
The new plant is expected to strengthen the phosphate and fertilizer industries and support the agricultural sector amid expanded land reclamation projects.
Agriculture is one of Egypt’s five priority sectors under recent incentives and regulations designed to increase private sector investment, local production, and exports, while creating more job opportunities, as per the country's economic development narrative for the next five years.
Egypt had a target for chemical and fertilizer exports to surpass $11 billion by the end of 2025.
In the first nine months of 2025, these exports rose 10 percent to $6.849 billion, up from $6.208 billion during the same period in 2024.
The fertilizer sector played a key role in driving overall non-oil export growth, which increased 20 percent to $37.8 billion.
Earlier this year, Egypt set a goal to increase annual exports to $115.8 billion by 2030, down from the $145 billion target announced in January 2024, while also targeting 15–20 percent annual growth in non-oil exports as part of a strategy to double total exports, boost foreign currency inflows, and reduce pressure on public finances.
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