The Egyptian sportswear manufacturing industry will be supported by a project, led by the International Trade Centre (ITC), that is supposed to create jobs and boost exports. The project is funded by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) of the Swiss Confederation and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). It will involve 28 Egyptian companies. With around 4,000 firms, of which 500-600 are exporting overseas, the clothing manufacturing sector is Egypt’s second-largest industry after agriculture, according to the ITC.