We Are the Chemicals & Fertilizers Export Council (CEC) was formed by a Ministerial Decree # 388 in 1999 as a regulatory body under the auspices of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. One of the main objective of the council is to support the Egyptian chemicals exporters and manufacturers to increase their exports and competitiveness in the global markets in comply with government’s export strategy for the Chemical sectors in Egypt. Also, to boost the exporting awareness of the exporters to meet the target that has been set by the government; this will be done through providing – doing strategies, plans and studies with the aim of increasing the Egyptian chemicals exports. Our total export in 2008 only for the above mention sectors was more than 5.5 billion dollars for about 156 countries, these exports done by 1783 companies. To achieve these objectives while facing the challenges of the global financial crisis, the Council has worked hard and managed to get the subsidies approval for many chemical products to increase the value of its export rebates scheme and include a large percentage of the chemical products. Yours Sincerely, Chairman of the Council