sugar crisis
Imported raw sugar exempt from customs taxes until end of 2017
Business
March 7, 2017
Imported raw sugar exempt from customs taxes until end of 2017
Imported raw sugar is now exempt from customs taxes during the period from January 1 until the end of 2017, according to…
Egypt to produce 2.4 mln tons of local sugar this year
Egypt
January 16, 2017
Egypt to produce 2.4 mln tons of local sugar this year
Egypt expects to produce about 2.4 million tons of sugar in the coming season, which is set to begin next…
Egypt raises purchase price of sugar cane from local farmers
Business
December 20, 2016
Egypt raises purchase price of sugar cane from local farmers
The Egyptian government has increased the price it pays local farmers for sugar cane by 25 percent, the Ministry of…
GASC gets one offer at white sugar tender
Business
December 11, 2016
GASC gets one offer at white sugar tender
Egypt's state buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), received one offer at its white sugar tender on Saturday,…
Sugar shortage persists, price of kilo reaches LE15
Business
November 28, 2016
Sugar shortage persists, price of kilo reaches LE15
The sugar shortage crisis continued throughout Egypt's governorates yesterday, as the price of the commodity reached LE15 per kilo.The crisis reached the…
Sugar factory workers strike, demanding share in profits
Egypt
November 20, 2016
Sugar factory workers strike, demanding share in profits
For the second week in a row, workers in Hamool beet sugar factory (Delta Sugar Company), in Kafr el-Sheikh governorate,…
Sugar shortage persists, crackdowns on traders continue
Egypt
October 26, 2016
Sugar shortage persists, crackdowns on traders continue
The shortage in government-subsidized sugar continued in Cairo and other governorates on Tuesday, with people forming long lines at consumer…
Raids on Egyptian sugar plants were limited, necessary: Ismail
Egypt
October 25, 2016
Raids on Egyptian sugar plants were limited, necessary: Ismail
Recent raids on Egyptian sugar factories were done only in a limited number of cases but were a necessary action,…
Egypt’s Edita, maker of Twinkies, shuts sweet factory after sugar seized
Business
October 25, 2016
Egypt’s Edita, maker of Twinkies, shuts sweet factory after sugar seized
Edita Food Industries, Egypt's maker of Twinkies, said on Monday its sweet factory in Beni Suef had been shut for…
Authorities confiscate sugar at country’s largest food producer
Business
October 24, 2016
Authorities confiscate sugar at country’s largest food producer
Egyptian authorities seized sugar stocks at Edita Food Industries, one of the country's largest food producers, on Saturday, a move…