Engineer, Ibrahim Al AlAraby, Chairman of Cairo Chamber of Commerce and Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce said that the Chamber gathering all the data of tourist products importers, who had already agreed with Chinese factories to import, and the shipments in their way to the Egyptian ports or already in the ports and harmed by the decision No 232 concerning banning import of popular national folklore Products, that include tourist products to submit request to the Minister of Industry and Trade about  granting grace period for The entry of these goods to the market, in addition to prevent  significant losses from the decision which has been applied since last April.

He added that importers demanded 3-month grace period to reconcile their situation with manufacturers in China and stop the agreed production lines.

Ali added Egyptian merchants had already paid a downpayment for the goods before the Industry and Trade Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour issued a decision to ban the import of mosaic and metals tourist commodities and pharaonic statues and sculptures from China.