Sustainable development of the textile industries in Egypt

Abstract

The textile industry is one of the important industries on which the Egyptian economy depends mainly and takes a large part of the state’s attention. Therefore, this study focused on highlighting the role of the textile and clothing industry in the advancement of the national economy.The foreign trade of textile products plays a major and major role in the growth and growth of this industry in terms of spinning, weaving, furnishings and ready-made clothes. Therefore, the prosperity of the textile industry leads to the prosperity of the cultivation of Egyptian cotton, linen and other fibers. The importance of research lies in studying the structure of the textile and clothing industry in the republic and studying the development of Egyptian foreign trade. Of textile products and the interest in developing these industries locally, regionally and globally.The Egyptian textile industry is currently at a crossroads, and in order for this industry to continue on strong foundations, and in order not to lose its throne, which it has been sitting on for many years, and in order to be able to face the fierce global competition, a number of steps must be taken, the foremost of which are the following: -1- Correcting the path of spinning and weaving companies through administrative, financial and technical restructuring.2- Attracting more investments in production units of higher quality.3- Increasing interest in research, development, and investment in generating new knowledge and transforming it into new properties embodied in products4- Correcting the imbalance in the distribution of labor between production activities and service and administrative works, and raising its level through continuous and serious training in various fields of production, marketing, administrative and financial work, and developing and highlighting leaderships with the help of foreign expertise and Egyptian experts abroad.5- Taking into account achieving a balance between the output prices of the textile industries in the local market and export markets and the prices of inputs, especially the prices of commodity supplies

Keywords

• the textile industry; egyptian cotton; egyptian foreign trade