Dr. Mustafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, continued in a meeting he held today; The position of applying the “ACI” pre-charge system, and the procedures for facilitating the release of goods at ports, in the presence of Hassan Abdullah, Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Muhammad Maait, Minister of Finance, Muhammad Abu Musa, Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, and Issam Omar, Assistant Deputy Governor of the Central Bank And Al-Shahat Al-Ghatouri, Head of the Customs Authority, Dr. Mona Nasser, Assistant Minister of Finance for Follow-up Affairs, Project Management and Customs Development, Amani Al-Wasal, Director of the Export Development Fund, and Ahmed Al-Askelani, Director of the Export Department in the Foreign Trade Sector.
The Prime Minister confirmed that this meeting comes with the aim of following up on this file, especially following ending the accumulation of goods in the Egyptian ports and succeeding in returning to the situation before the decisions of last February, given the importance of this step in restoring the wheel of factories and supporting the economy, pointing out that the government is keen To ensure the regular functioning of the pre-charge system in an effective manner that contributes to facilitating and speeding up the release procedures during the coming period.
Ambassador Nader Saad, the official spokesperson for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, stated that the meeting dealt with reviewing the current position of the policies at the ports, as well as the values of the goods registered within the Advance Cargo System (ACI), as well as the total of the goods released during the period from January 24 to 28, 2023. Which amounted to regarding 794.7 million dollars.
The Spokesman added that the meeting also touched on a number of performance indicators for the Advance Shipping System (ACI) in various logistical centers across the Republic, which reflected an increase in the rate of dealing with the Advance Shipment Registration System, especially from foreign exporters, and work to shorten more time and cost to attract investors.