Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade
Wheat reserves sufficient until mid February
Business
September 17, 2014
Wheat reserves sufficient until mid February
Egypt has contracted for the purchase of 180,000 tons of French wheat needed for the production of local subsidized bread. The…
Minister: Citizens will pay 25 piasters for kilo of subsidized sugar
Business
July 26, 2014
Minister: Citizens will pay 25 piasters for kilo of subsidized sugar
Citizens will bear only 25 piasters of the actual cost of the kilo of subsidized sugar, said the Minister of…
Egypt’s supply ministry says has enough wheat to last for six months
Business
July 10, 2014
Egypt’s supply ministry says has enough wheat to last for six months
Egypt, one of the world's largest wheat importers, said on Thursday it had enough wheat to last for six months."Through…
Supply Ministry official arrested over bribery charges
Egypt
December 31, 2013
Supply Ministry official arrested over bribery charges
On Tuesday, police arrested a senior official from the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade over bribery charges. The Minister of…
Egypt suspends rice exports until further notice
Business
November 25, 2013
Egypt suspends rice exports until further notice
Egypt suspended rice exports less than a week after issuing licences to sell the grain abroad, the head of the…
Officials: Egypt to import 180,000 tonnes of wheat
Egypt
September 5, 2013
Officials: Egypt to import 180,000 tonnes of wheat
The Supply Commodities General Authority announced Egypt would import 180 thousand tons of Romanian and Russian wheat to make subsidized…
Grocers protest shortage in supply commodities
Business
September 1, 2013
Grocers protest shortage in supply commodities
Dozens of subsidized supply goods distributors staged a protest on Sunday outside the Food Industries Holding Company over the delivery…
Egypt reports crop increase for wheat harvest
Egypt
June 14, 2013
Egypt reports crop increase for wheat harvest
Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade Bassem Ouda said Friday Egypt's wheat harvest had witnessed an increase in production estimated…
Ministry: 70% of bakeries nationwide have adopted new subsidies
Egypt
April 4, 2013
Ministry: 70% of bakeries nationwide have adopted new subsidies
More than 1,2000 local bread bakeries, or for 70 percent of bakeries nationwide, have adopted the government's new subsidies scheme,…
Bakery owners decry new system
Egypt
March 30, 2013
Bakery owners decry new system
Bread shortages are not new to Egypt, with the most acute crisis of the not-so-distant past occurring in 2008. Since…