Egypt considers launching national platform to mobilise green financing for private-sector industrial transformation    Egypt's FRA chief vows to reform business environment to boost investor confidence    Egypt's enterprise agency injects EGP 2.2bn into Alexandria projects    Egyptian, Belarusian officials discuss drug registration, market access    Egypt's ARC, Italy's AICS sign deal to boost wheat production    Gold prices edge higher on July 16th    Egypt stocks hit record highs in 2025 as reforms fuel rally: Cabinet    Egypt condemns Israeli strikes on Lebanon, Syria    Syria says it will defend its territory after Israeli strikes in Suwayda    Egypt urges EU support for Gaza ceasefire, reconstruction at Brussels talks    Pakistan names Qatari royal as brand ambassador after 'Killer Mountain' climb    Health Ministry denies claims of meningitis-related deaths among siblings    Egypt's Health Min. discusses drug localisation with Sandoz    Egypt, Mexico explore joint action on environment, sustainability    Needle-spiking attacks in France prompt government warning, public fear    Foreign, housing ministers discuss Egypt's role in African development push    Korea Culture Week in Egypt to blend K-Pop with traditional arts    Egypt, France FMs review Gaza ceasefire efforts, reconstruction    CIB finances Giza Pyramids Sound and Light Show redevelopment with EGP 963m loan    Egypt's PM urges BRICS to prioritise peace    Greco-Roman tombs with hieroglyphic inscriptions discovered in Aswan    Egypt reveals heritage e-training portal    Three ancient rock-cut tombs discovered in Aswan    Sisi launches new support initiative for families of war, terrorism victims    Egypt's GAH, Spain's Konecta discuss digital health partnership    Egypt expands e-ticketing to 110 heritage sites, adds self-service kiosks at Saqqara    Egypt's Irrigation Minister urges scientific cooperation to tackle water scarcity    Palm Hills Squash Open debuts with 48 international stars, $250,000 prize pool    Egypt's Democratic Generation Party Evaluates 84 Candidates Ahead of Parliamentary Vote    On Sport to broadcast Pan Arab Golf Championship for Juniors and Ladies in Egypt    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

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Egypt's rice export ban only benefits smugglers
ABU DHABI/CAIRO: Smugglers in the Middle East are enjoying an unlikely moneyspinner — illegal medium grain rice. Shoppers across the Gulf, mostly unaware of the smuggling, depend on Egyptian rice to make popular Middle Eastern recipes such as (...)

20 - 03 - 2012
Egypt's Nile Sugar to up capacity in 2013: CEO
DUBAI: Egyptian refiner Nile Sugar plans to increase its crushing capacity by over 40 percent next year to help meet strong demand in the country, its chief executive said on Sunday. Egypt produces around 2 million tons of sugar a year but needs (...)

05 - 02 - 2012
Egypt's GASC buys 234,000 tons local, imported rice
CAIRO: Egypt's main state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Sunday it had bought 234,000 tons of rice in a tender, adding that the rice was imported but that it was already in Egypt. Of the total, GASC (...)

19 - 12 - 2011
Egypt's GASC buys 234,000 tons local, imported rice
CAIRO: Egypt's main state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Sunday it had bought 234,000 tons of rice in a tender, adding that the rice was imported but that it was already in Egypt. Of the total, GASC (...)

18 - 12 - 2011
US wheat suppliers eye more Egypt sales
CAIRO: US grain suppliers are likely to start winning tenders to sell wheat to Egypt in February, when Russian wheat loses its competitive edge and Argentina retreats from the market, an official with a US industry group said on Thursday. Egypt, (...)

16 - 12 - 2011
Egypt considers international rice tenders
CAIRO: Egypt's main government grain buyer said on Thursday it would issue international tenders to buy rice if local producers continue stocking up on the commodity. "We are issuing a tender next week to buy both local and imported rice that is (...)

08 - 12 - 2011
Political unrest to dominate Egypt's market
CAIRO/DUBAI: Political unrest is set to dominate Egypt's stock market over the coming week, adding to the risks posed by unstable global financial markets. Egypt's benchmark index plunged to its lowest levels in 32 months this week after days of (...)

25 - 11 - 2011
Talaat Mostafa land contract valid: Egypt court
CAIRO: Developer Talaat Mostafa Group's land contract for its Madinaty project is valid, an Egyptian court ruled on Tuesday, signaling an end to a long-running legal battle over the $3 billion scheme. The development of shops, homes, hotels and a (...)

22 - 11 - 2011
Cashing in on Egypt's black cloud
CAIRO: After the rice harvest each autumn, Egyptians take a deep breath and brace for the "black cloud," a thick layer of smog from burning rice straw that spreads across Cairo and the Nile valley for several weeks. Environmentalists blame the (...)

10 - 11 - 2011
GASC buys 120,000 T Ukrainian wheat
CAIRO: Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer, has bought 120,000 tons of Ukrainian wheat for January 11-20 shipment, the main government wheat buyer said on Saturday. Nomani Nomani, vice chairman of the General Authority for Supply (...)

30 - 10 - 2011
Small caps in focus as retail investors dominate
DUBAI/CAIRO: Small-cap shares favored by local retail investors are set to dominate activity in Gulf stock markets next week as big institutional investors stay on the sidelines, worried by the euro zone debt crisis and instability in the global (...)

28 - 10 - 2011
Egypt sugar beet, cane planting area seen steady: paper
CAIRO: The area planted with sugar beet and cane in Egypt in the 2011/2012 season will hold steady, an official said in remarks published on Wednesday, dousing talk that lucrative prices offered by the state for wheat would encourage a (...)

27 - 10 - 2011
Egypt seeks to end police protest strike
CAIRO: Egypt's government on Wednesday sought to end a strike by thousands of lower ranking police officers demanding better pay and a purge of senior officials linked to Hosni Mubarak's rule, the official news agency said. Police started a (...)

26 - 10 - 2011
Egypt wants French wheat but at better price
CAIRO: Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, is keen to buy French grain but would like it more competitively priced at international tenders, the main state buyer said on Tuesday. Egypt, which annually consumes 14 million tons of wheat and (...)

26 - 10 - 2011
Egypt says pumping gas to Israel, Jordan
CAIRO: Egypt is now pumping gas to Jordan and Israel after a disruption caused by an attack on a pipeline and has more than doubled the price it is charging Jordan, top Egyptian officials on Monday. "It is being pumped now," state-owned EGAS (...)

24 - 10 - 2011
Russia wheat competitive despite minor delays: Egypt
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egypt's main state wheat buyer said on Thursday he was not facing any financing issues despite political turmoil and said Russian wheat was still competitive although some shipments had been delayed. "I don't have a financing (...)

20 - 10 - 2011
Egypt says to grow 3 mln acres of wheat in 2011/12, raises local prices
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer, expects to grow 3 million acres of wheat in the 2011/12 season, the chairman of the country's National Seed Council said, about the same acreage as last year while it offers to pay farmers (...)

19 - 10 - 2011
Egypt finance minister says foreign borrowing necessary: paper
CAIRO: Egypt's dependence on local borrowing to support the state budget is not sustainable and it will have to borrow from overseas, a state newspaper quoted Finance Minister Hazem El-Beblawi as saying on Monday. Local banks are lending heavily (...)

17 - 10 - 2011
Egypt's deputy PM back at work after resignation rejected
CAIRO: Egypt's Finance Minister Hazem El-Beblawi, also the deputy premier, returned to work on Wednesday after the ruling military council rejected his resignation, a Cabinet source said, after a day of confusion that underscored the country's (...)

12 - 10 - 2011
Egypt's core inflation rises to 7.95 pct in Sept
CAIRO: Egypt's headline inflation eased last month as slowing food price growth offset a faster increase in housing costs, government figures showed on Monday, and economists forecast the central bank will hold key lending rates steady this (...)

11 - 10 - 2011
Egypt sees new Israel gas deal soon, says report
CAIRO: Egypt will soon finish drafting a new contract for gas exports to its neighbor Israel that includes a big increase in prices, a newspaper cited the petroleum minister as saying on Tuesday. Gas supplies to Israel have been disrupted by a (...)

04 - 10 - 2011
GASC ups wheat protein content requirement
CAIRO: Egypt's state-owned wheat buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), increased the protein content requirement for wheat it asks for in tenders, traders said on Monday, citing a GASC statement. The minimum protein content (...)

03 - 10 - 2011
Egypt police clear Tahrir Square of protesters
CAIRO: Egyptian riot police on Saturday cleared Cairo's Tahrir Square of protesters who had wanted to stage a sit-in following a demonstration demanding an end to emergency laws and a speedy transfer of power to civilians from military (...)

02 - 10 - 2011
Egypt's state wheat buyer to visit Ukraine
CAIRO: Egypt's state-owned wheat buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), will start a visit to Ukraine on Sunday as it prepares to add the country as a source in tenders, the firm's vice chairman said on Thursday. "We will (...)

30 - 09 - 2011
Egypt inches towards far-reaching food subsidy reform
CAIRO: Egypt, once the breadbasket of the ancient Roman empire and now the world's biggest wheat importer, is paying a hefty price to keep its citizens fed with cheap loaves and other foodstuffs. The $5.5 billion which it spends each year on (...)

29 - 09 - 2011
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