CAIRO: A decision by the ministers of agriculture and trade in cooperation with the Chamber of Ministers to stop importing foreign cotton and compel local companies to use Egyptian cotton is being criticized.
Yahya Zananiri, chairman of the (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's anti-monopoly authority must wait for an official decree from Egypt's ruling military council before it can apply amendments to the laws of competition approved by the Council of Ministers, according to Sameh Torgoman, head of the (...)
Amr Asfour, Vice-President of the Food Division of Food in the Cairo Chamber of Cairo says that the state of buying and selling in the Egyptian market is "very bad", saying: " recession has reached 60% for the first time in Egypt's history"
He (...)
Abdel Rahman Fawzy, head of trade agreements at the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade, said that the ministry is considering only allowing imports from the country of origin, citing requests made to the ministry.
Fawzy said the bans would (...)
Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Mahmoud Issa today met with Turkish Ambassador Hasan Botsaly to discuss plans to stimulate foreign investment in Egypt and open new markets for exports.
The officials discussed methods of deepening and (...)
CAIRO: The Division of Food within the Ministry of Social Solidarity and the Holding Company for Food Industries agreed to produce 5,000 tons of sugar in the market and price it at no more than 5 EGP (U.S. $0.8) per kilo.
The initiative came in a (...)
A number of investors in the automotive sector sent a memorandum to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Samir Radwan, asking him to change the customs duties on cars imported from abroad. This request was due to a recession experienced by the automotive (...)
Trade between Egypt and Latin America showed a significant increase last year, said Hussein Omran, head of Egypt's International Trade sector. According to Omran, data shows that trade between Egypt and Latin America during 2010 amounted to 3,111 (...)