Ahmed El-Ziny, head of the Building Materials Division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce, confirmed that many sectors have been affected by the suspension of building permits a year ago and that construction has not been resumed yet, saying: “The state treasury lost a lot, for example 14% value-added tax was collected on every ton of iron and Every ton of cement in addition to 33 pounds of development fees, all of that was retracted and lost to the state treasury. "
Al-Zaini added, in statements to Al-Youm Al-Sabea, that all workers in the construction sector were affected by the decision to halt construction, among workers, technicians, electricity workers and transportation, and they are sold in addition to merchants who have stopped selling.
The head of the Building Materials Division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce stated that a number of producers have formally requested the government to raise cement prices in exchange for reducing production due to stopping construction work, which affects prices in general.
Al-Zinni denounced the decision to apply the new building requirements and the new licensing system to some cities that were selected for trial application beginning May 1, 2021, for a period of two months, saying: “Why is it not fully implemented in all governorates as long as it is a law that is applied and I fear that this experimental application will be procrastinated. To exceed two months by a year or more. "
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