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Factories are to register through the “Distressed Factories” service on the Manufacturers Support Platform; applications will be assessed under the fund’s rules and eligibility criteria.","The ministry described the initiative as a way to preserve existing productive capacity, help factories restart and deepen domestic manufacturing. Its statement did not give a target number of factories, payment schedule or approved applications."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-07T00:54:30+03:00","language":"en","text":"German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article."}],"country":"EG","data":{"blocks":[{"columns":[{"key":"fact","label":{"ar":"المعلومة","de":"Angabe","en":"Fact","es":"Dato","fr":"Fait","pt":"Fato","tr":"Bilgi"},"language":"en","type":"text"},{"key":"finding","label":{"ar":"النتيجة الواردة في المصدر","de":"Von der Quelle gemeldeter Befund","en":"Source-reported finding","es":"Hallazgo comunicado por la fuente","fr":"Constat rapporté par la source","pt":"Resultado informado pela fonte","tr":"Kaynakta bildirilen bulgu"},"language":"en","type":"text"}],"description":{"ar":"تفاصيل البرنامج الواردة في دعوة وزارة الصناعة للتقديم.","de":"Programmdetails aus dem Bewerbungsaufruf des Industrieministeriums.","en":"Program details stated in the Ministry of Industry’s application notice.","es":"Detalles del programa anunciados en la convocatoria del Ministerio de Industria.","fr":"Détails du programme annoncés dans l’appel du ministère de l’Industrie.","pt":"Detalhes do programa informados no edital de inscrições do Ministério da Indústria.","tr":"Sanayi Bakanlığının başvuru çağrısında açıklanan program bilgileri."},"id":"data-egypt-opens-one-billion-egp-dist","methodology":{"ar":"نُقل رأس المال وطريق التقديم من بيان الوزارة. وأُعلن عن مراجعة الأهلية، دون إعلان مبالغ مصروفة أو عدد مستفيدين.","de":"Kapital und Bewerbungsweg wurden aus der Mitteilung des Ministeriums übernommen. Eine Prüfung der Förderfähigkeit wurde angekündigt; Auszahlungen und Zahl der Begünstigten wurden nicht gemeldet.","en":"Capital and application route are transcribed from the ministry statement. Eligibility review was announced; disbursements and beneficiary counts were not reported.","es":"El capital y la vía de solicitud se transcriben del comunicado ministerial. Se anunció una evaluación de elegibilidad, sin cifras de desembolsos ni beneficiarios.","fr":"Le capital et la voie de candidature sont repris du communiqué ministériel. L’examen de l’éligibilité a été annoncé, sans chiffre sur les décaissements ni les bénéficiaires.","pt":"O capital e o caminho de inscrição foram transcritos do comunicado do ministério. Foi anunciada uma análise de elegibilidade; desembolsos e número de beneficiários não foram informados.","tr":"Sermaye ve başvuru yolu bakanlık açıklamasından aktarılmıştır. 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