Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade

Wheat reserves sufficient until mid February
Business

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
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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
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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

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
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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

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
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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

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

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

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…
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