Sanaa makes decision to localize manufacture of gas cylinders

SANAA, March 09 (YPA) – The Sanaa-Prime Minister, Ahmed Ghaleb Al-Rahwi, approved on Sunday the agreement to localize the manufacture of cooking gas cylinders.

The agreement included the roles and responsibilities assigned to the two ministries and the gas company to localize the manufacture of cooking gas cylinders by 100% from the local product instead of importing from abroad, and also to ensure its production according to the technical standards approved by the Gas company and in accordance with the specifications specified by the Yemeni Organization for Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control.

The deal was signed by the minister of economy, industry and investment, Maeen Al-Mahaqri, and the minister of oil and minerals, Abdullah Al-Amir, and the acting executive director of the Yemen gas company, Yasser Al-Wahidi.

The agreement stipulated that the ministers of economy, industry and investment, and oil and minerals, should issue a decision to localize gas cylinder industries and stop importing gas cylinders starting from April 1, 2025.

Under the agreement, the activity of existing gas cylinder factories will be reactivated, in the capital Sanaa, with a total annual production of 300,000 new cylinders, in addition to the maintenance of 300,000 cylinders annually, at an annual cost of about six billion and 500 million riyals.

The agreement aimed to activate and encourage national industries in this field and increase investment activity by benefiting from the economic stimulus program and localizing industries.

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