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- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
- EGYPT: 1994 COUNTRY REPORT ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND TRADE PRACTICES
- BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS
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- e. Acceptable Conditions of Work
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- For government and public sector employees, the minimum
- wage is approximately USD 20 a month for a six-day, 48-hour
- work week. Base pay is supplemented by a complex system of
- fringe benefits and bonuses that may double or triple a
- worker's take-home pay. It is doubtful that the average family
- could survive on a worker's base pay at the minimum wage rate.
- The minimum wage is also legally binding on the private sector,
- and larger private companies generally observe the requirement
- and pay bonuses as well. Smaller firms do not always pay the
- minimum wage or bonuses. The Ministry of Manpower sets worker
- health and safety standards, which also apply in the free trade
- zones, but enforcement and inspection are uneven.
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- f. Rights in Sectors with U.S. Investment
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- There are U.S. investments in the following industries
- (inter alia): petroleum, food and related products, metal,
- non-electric machinery, electric and electronic equipment, and
- transportation equipment. Rights available to workers as
- described in the foregoing sections also apply to workers in
- these industries.
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- Extent of U.S. Investment in Selected Industries.--U.S. Direct
- Investment Position Abroad on an Historical Cost Basis--1993
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- (Millions of U.S. dollars)
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- Category Amount
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- Petroleum 1,087
- Total Manufacturing 81
- Food & Kindred Products (1)
- Chemicals and Allied Products 6
- Metals, Primary & Fabricated 7
- Machinery, except Electrical 5
- Electric & Electronic Equipment 5
- Transportation Equipment (1)
- Other Manufacturing 0
- Wholesale Trade 41
- Banking (1)
- Finance/Insurance/Real Estate (1)
- Services 36
- Other Industries (1)
- TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 1,374
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- (1) Suppressed to avoid disclosing data of individual companies
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- Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic
- Analysis
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