Tuk-tuks officially banned in New Cairo

A post on the New Cairo authority’s Facebook page said that the First Settlement Security Department launched a crackdown to prevent tuk-tuks from driving inside the city, and seized a group of vehicles in the First Settlement, adding the crackdown will continue daily.

Import ban

Back in 2021, the Ministry of Trade and Industry announced it has stopped the import of all tuk-tuk components in implementation of a Cabinet decision as part of a plan to replace tuk-tuks with minivans.

In Egypt, three major entities work in the field of assembling tuk-tuks, namely the Ghabbour Group, which controls 80 percent of the market, a factory affiliated with the Raya Group, and a factory affiliated with the Ezz Elarab Automotive Group.