Car theft in Egypt has increased in the wake of Egypt's January uprising that toppled the country's authoritarian regime and led to a security vacuum in the country, according to Ahmed Aboul Enin, head of the technical committee of cars at the (...)
The price of potatoes has settled at 3 EGP (U.S. $0.50) per kilo for customers in public areas of Cairo, the Egyptian capital. Prices are lower in other governorates, particularly Alexandria, which witnessed the lowest price of potatoes at 1.5 EGP (...)
The increasing prices of chicken feed led to notable losses of the poultry producers, said Nabil Darwish, the head of the General Union of the Poultry Producers. He said the price of maize rose about 1,000 EGP (U.S. $169) per ton over the past year. (...)
Egyptian fruit markets have witnessed such an increase in prices that customers only ask about prices without buying anything, fruit sellers told Youm7. They said some people buy rotten fruits to satisfy themselves.
Mohamed Ragab, a fruit dealer, (...)
Events in Syria strongly affect the price of spices in Egypt, as Egypt imports about 30 percent of its spices from Syria.
Mohamed al-Sabae, a spice dealer, told Youm7 the prices of many spices have increased by 95 percent. The wholesale price of (...)