Today, Saturday, the Ministry of Commerce announced the submission of proposals aimed at increasing the profitability of food agents and including them in loan and social security programs, stressing that the implementation of these proposals will take place within the available resources and will not result in any financial impact on the state treasury.

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce for Administrative Affairs, Sattar Al-Jabri, said in a press statement, “The committee formed pursuant to Diwani Order No. (251690) of 2025 held extensive meetings to review the laws and instructions regulating the work of food and flour agents, and to evaluate their demands.”

Al-Jabri added that the most prominent results included “raising the amount of service and profitability for agents, and exempting them from income tax on profits made from distributing materials.” He also pointed out that “the proposals included approaching the Ministry of Finance to include agents in soft, interest-free loan programs to develop their shops.”

He explained that the proposals also included “coordination with the Department of Retirement and Social Security in the Ministry of Labor to include agents in the insurance, and to allow them to benefit from the social welfare grant by amending the controls for granting agencies in the Department of Planning and Follow-up.” It was also “proposed to provide special kiosks for practicing commercial activity, and to allocate plots of land in the governorates to establish a model project to support agents, as part of the proposal of the General Company for Foodstuff Trade.”

Al-Jabri pointed out that the ministry “seeks to simplify administrative procedures, including allowing agents to close their stores after completing the distribution of the prescribed quotas in coordination with the ration branches.”

The Undersecretary concluded by noting that “all these proposals have been submitted to the Council of Ministers and the Ministerial Council for the Economy for consideration.”