The renowned mega exhibition Egypt Stitch & Tex has expanded into three fully specialized shows, each focusing on a different segment of the industry value chain.

With over 600 local exhibitors, 17 exhibiting countries, and 2 international pavilions across 30,000 sqm, Egypt Stitch & Tex—Textile Edition will showcase the full scope of textile industrial machinery, technologies, and printing innovations.

Co-location with Egypt Fabrics & Yarn Expo

It will also be co-located with the Egypt Fabrics & Yarn Expo to provide the largest business platform for international brands and key innovators to expand their business to Egypt, the MENA region, and Africa via a single connection point. Visitors to Egypt Stitch & Tex will have the opportunity to see the latest developments in the industry.

Visitor Opportunities

Egypt Stitch & Tex – Textile Edition will feature 100 accredited buyers and factory owners from eight countries, who will meet directly with exhibitors via a mutually beneficial match-making meetings program. Meanwhile, at Egypt Stitch&Tex, the conferences Cairo Textile Week and ITEX Cairo, in their fifth edition, will highlight the latest technology in creating sustainable textiles and digital printing for sportswear and activewear.

Egypt Stitch & Tex—Textile Edition is set to take advantage of Egypt’s textile processing machinery market boom, which is projected to grow by a CAGR of 6.4% over the next three years. With the world’s largest textile factory opening in 2025 in Mahalla, Egypt’s production capacity will jump to 30 tons per day.Egypt’s textile industry is an important economic factor and has developed impressively in recent years. At Egypt Stitch&Tex, twelve percent of export earnings come from the textile industry. Egypt hosts Africa’s largest and most productive cotton and textile clusters.

According to a census by the CAPMAS statistics office, the number of establishments in Egypt’s textile sector exceeds 85,000. Egypt is geared to launch the world’s largest textile factory in El-Mahalla; the factory is estimated to have a daily production capacity of 30 tons. As part of its 2025 vision to rank the country as a regional textile hub, Egypt plans to establish a new integrated city for textile industries. The plan also involves establishing four new factories, modernizing old equipment in existing factories, and providing workers with training. Egypt Stitch&Tex is central to this vision. The textile industry accounts for 3.4% of the gross national product and employs 2.5 million people. Egypt’s textile processing machinery market is projected to grow at 6.4% annually during the coming 3 years. Foreign direct investment in the textile sector in Egypt led to the establishment of 452 new companies between January 2016 and April 2020. This development is highlighted at Egypt Stitch&Tex.

Textile, apparel, printed textiles, fabrics, and yarn products made in Egypt qualify for favored access to hundreds of millions of consumers all over the world according to numerous trade agreements, including:

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Egypt and the Republic of Turkey took effect in 2007. The agreement eliminates tariffs and non-tariff barriers between the two countries.

KEY TRADE AGREEMENTS: Egypt Stitch&Tex

QIZ Protocol: In 2021, QIZ products comprised 37% of Egypt’s total exports to the U.S. and 48% of non-oil exports. As of February 2022, the total number of registered companies under the QIZ protocol stood at 1,124, most producing textiles (80%), making Egypt Stitch&Tex’s duty-free status particularly attractive for this industry.

EU Association Agreement: signed in 2001 between Egypt and the EU, entered into force in 2004.

COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa among (Egypt, Kenya, Sudan, Seychelles, Mauritius, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Malawi, Madagascar, Rwanda, Burundi, Comoros, and Libya).

EFTA: A free trade agreement (FTA) between Egypt and the EFTA states (Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein). AGADIR: Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement among (Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt, and Morocco).

MERCOSUR: FTA between Egypt and Mercosur states (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay).

GAFTA: Great Arab FTA among (Egypt, UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Yemen, and Algeria).

SADCC: Southern African Development Community including 15 Southern African States (Angola, Botswana, Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Seychelles).

UEMOA: West African Economic and Monetary Union (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo