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Egypt sees wheat self-sufficiency for subsidy program by 2019
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Egypt sees wheat self-sufficiency for subsidy program by 2019

Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, can achieve self-sufficiency in wheat for its bread subsidy program by 2019 if silo…
Egypt wheat stocks dwindle, sufficient for 89 days
Egypt

Egypt wheat stocks dwindle, sufficient for 89 days

Egypt's strategic stocks of wheat have fallen to 2.207 million tons, enough to last 89 days, a Cabinet report said…
Supply Ministry to import 180,000 tons of US wheat
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Supply Ministry to import 180,000 tons of US wheat

The General Authority for Supply Commodities at the Supply Ministry conducted a new international tender on Wednesday to import 180,000…
A new loaf: Will Egypt tighten bread subsidies?
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A new loaf: Will Egypt tighten bread subsidies?

At the dead end of a winding side street in the central Cairo neighborhood of Sayeda Zeinab, Ashraf al-Husseini sat…
Cabinet to announce new wheat prices for subsidized bread Sunday
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Cabinet to announce new wheat prices for subsidized bread Sunday

The Cabinet is expected on Sunday to announce new prices for wheat allocated to producing subsidized bread, according to a…
Official says cabinet considering increasing price of bread
Egypt

Official says cabinet considering increasing price of bread

The general department of mills and bakeries at the Federation of Chambers of Commerce has been asked to begin a…
Protesters with disparate grievances converge on government offices
Egypt

Protesters with disparate grievances converge on government offices

Protesters representing a number of different causes, including working conditions and wages, converged on downtown Cairo on Wednesday, demonstrating outside…
Ministry of Social Solidarity plans to curb black market flour sales
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Ministry of Social Solidarity plans to curb black market flour sales

The Ministry of Social Solidarity is preparing a new plan to stop black market sales of subsidized flour used for…
Egypt buys 57,200 tons of rice from local market
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Egypt buys 57,200 tons of rice from local market

Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) said on Sunday it had bought 57,200 tons of rice from the local…
Govt contracts 120,000 tons of French wheat
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Govt contracts 120,000 tons of French wheat

The state-run General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) on Wednesday contracted 120,000 tons of French wheat at US$312 per ton,…
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