Eng. / Essam Al-Naggar, Chairman of the General organization for Export and Import Control met with Mr. / Ahmed Al-Wakeel President of the General Federation of commercial Chambers, at the Federation’s headquarters, in the presence of an elite group of leaders of the General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, headed by:
Mr. / Mohamed Al-Masry, First Vice President of the Federation of commercial Chambers.
Mr. / Abu Al-Qumsan, Advisor to the President of the Federation of commercial Chambers.
Eng. /: Ismail Jaber Advisor to the President of the Federation of commercial Chambers, and a number of company representatives, in the presence of each of GOEIC’s leaders.
Eng. /: Mohsen Shuaib, Head of Operations Sector.
Dr. / Hassan Al-Qutb, Head of the Branches Sector.
Mr. / Mohamed Ahmed, Head of the Central Administration for Information Systems and Digital Transformation.
Mr. /Ahmed Amin, Head of the Central Administration for the Affairs of the Chairman's Office.
The meeting reviewed the mechanisms for implementing the integrated digital system for comprehensive risk management in cross-border trade. Also, he touched on the legislation regulating the GOEIC’s work and reviewed the mechanisms and rules for implementing the comprehensive risk management system and the technical standards for its implementation in GOEIC.
It is worth noting that GOEIC has submitted a comprehensive risk management project proposal as part of the organization ’s endeavor to modernize and develop its system of supervisory procedures for assessing the conformity of imported and exported goods in the movement of foreign trade across borders, that is based on the application of an integrated risk management system that includes tightening controls related to the conformity of products traded in the internal market with digital linking of its laboratory network to the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). And the tracking system for controlling industrial and non-industrial goods with the aim of implementing the requirements of the state’s comprehensive strategic plan and the directives of the president of the Republic in port governance and accelerating, simplifying and reducing the cost in port conformity assessment procedures for goods while tightening control over the circulation, import and export of poor quality goods, And implementing Egypt’s international obligations signed in this field, the "Trade Facilitation Agreement in the World Trade Organization (TFA -WTO) Article 7.4" regarding the application of integrated risk management systems in cross-border trade.
The discussion was opened and the attendees presented many inquiries and opinions about some of the mechanisms for implementing the risk management project based on the problems and obstacles they face during the import process so that GOEIC can evaluate and develop implementation mechanisms and controls for the integrated risk management project.
