Any packaging sector performs two roles within a national economy:
• Supporting other consumer product manufacturing sectors to present their products to
consumers, domestically and internationally, in packaging that meets market
requirements and statutory regulations.
• Achieving a positive trade balance in packaging, through maximising the exports of
packaging products in their own right.
One of the most fundamental conclusions of this study is that Egypt’s Packaging Sector
should be viewed as an industry in its own right, with strong potential to export packaging
products, independent of consumer products within the packaging. Developing the
sector’s dual role is a key feature of the Packaging Sector Development Strategy (PSDS).
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