sugar
Ouda: Sugar stocks enough for 139 more days
Egypt
June 12, 2013
Ouda: Sugar stocks enough for 139 more days
Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, Bassem Ouda, has reviewed a report on Egypt's food stocks, following an upbeat assessment…
Supply minister: Wheat reserves good for four months
Business
February 13, 2013
Supply minister: Wheat reserves good for four months
Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Bassem Kamal on Wednesday said existing and contracted local and imported wheat reserves are…
Qena sugar workers protest pay
Egypt
November 7, 2012
Qena sugar workers protest pay
Thousands of workers at four pivotal sugar factories are protesting their pay and working conditions, a leading labor advocacy NGO…
Food prices rise in July
Business
August 24, 2011
Food prices rise in July
The prices of food commodities rose in July in comparison to June, according to a monthly government report the Central…
Sugar and petrochemical companies to work on plane fuel project
Egypt
August 23, 2011
Sugar and petrochemical companies to work on plane fuel project
Sugar production firms run by the Food Industries Holding Company (FIHC) agreed in principle with state-run petrochemical companies to launch…
Egypt to build sugar factories in Sudan
Business
July 6, 2011
Egypt to build sugar factories in Sudan
Egypt will build two sugar factories in Sudan after the two governments approve the mechanism to finance the project, said…
Egypt’s trade deficit jumps by over 40% in one year
Business
January 23, 2011
Egypt’s trade deficit jumps by over 40% in one year
Egypt's trade deficit climbed by 42.6 percent in October 2010 compared to the same month in 2009, the Central Agency…
CAPMAS: Sugar prices up, chicken and tomatoes down
Egypt
January 16, 2011
CAPMAS: Sugar prices up, chicken and tomatoes down
The price of sugar rose to LE5.74 per kilo in December, up 14.6 percent from November, the Central Agency for…
Egypt drops cash cover requirement on sugar import
Business
December 19, 2010
Egypt drops cash cover requirement on sugar import
Egypt's central bank said on Saturday it was exempting banks from a 50 percent cash cover requirement on sugar imports…
Govt considers raising subsidized sugar prices
Business
January 14, 2010
Govt considers raising subsidized sugar prices
According to informed sources, the government is currently thinking about raising the price of subsidized sugar sold at state cooperatives…