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Public Authority for Industry shuts down 12 industrial plots

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04/01/2026

publish time

04/01/2026

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 4: The Public Authority for Industry (PAI) closed 12 industrial plots and imposed nine administrative penalties on companies and industrial establishments that violated regulations. The violations include serious breaches of the terms of the usufruct agreement, failure to operate the project within the specified timeframe, changing the industrial activity without approval, subletting the plot, and other environmental and safety-related violations, such as fire safety issues.

The Authority gave the violators a maximum of one month to rectify the violations and warned of stricter measures if the violations are not rectified within the given timeframe. This is part of the stringent measures taken by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to prevent violations of industrial plots. It is worth noting that the ministry affirmed its commitment to zero tolerance for violations and the firm application of the law to regulate the industrial sector.

Last October, Minister of Commerce and Industry Khalifa Al-Ajeel issued a ministerial decree forming inspection committees comprised of representatives of several government agencies (ministries of Interior, Commerce and Industry, Kuwait Municipality, Environment Public Authority and Kuwait Fire Force) to conduct a comprehensive survey, monitor violations, such as changing the activity of the business, subletting, failure to operate and breach of contract terms, and take strict legal measures like the revocation of permits, to rectify the situation and support compliant factories.

By Marwa Al-Bahrawi Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff