Wheat
Minister: Smart-card system allows reduction in Egypt’s wheat imports by 1.8 mn tons
Business
May 13, 2015
Minister: Smart-card system allows reduction in Egypt’s wheat imports by 1.8 mn tons
Egypt's wheat imports fell from 6.4 million in 2014 to 4.6 million in 2015, Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy said, crediting the…
Egypt’s GASC seeks wheat for June shipment
Egypt
May 5, 2015
Egypt’s GASC seeks wheat for June shipment
Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) set a tender on Monday to buy an unspecified amount of wheat from…
Italy to build 10 wheat silos in Egypt
Egypt
April 23, 2015
Italy to build 10 wheat silos in Egypt
Italy will build 10 horizontal silos for the storage of wheat, with a capacity of about half a million tons…
LE1 bn from the treasury to buy first batch of Egyptian wheat
Economy
April 23, 2015
LE1 bn from the treasury to buy first batch of Egyptian wheat
Finance Minister Hani Qadri Demian has allocated LE10 billion for the government to buy domestically-grown wheat, with LE1 billion to…
Egypt’s GASC buys 300,000 tonnes wheat
Business
April 18, 2015
Egypt’s GASC buys 300,000 tonnes wheat
Egypt's state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Saturday it had bought 300,000 tonnes of…
Armed Forces modernize 105 wheat barns
Egypt
March 23, 2015
Armed Forces modernize 105 wheat barns
Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafy said the Armed Forces have developed 105 primitive barns into modern granaries,…
Russian exports to Egypt to be exempted from fees
Business
February 11, 2015
Russian exports to Egypt to be exempted from fees
Egypt’s Ministry of Trade and Industry has unveiled an agreement with Russia that would exempt it from export fees to Egypt. Minister…
Minister: Egypt has enough wheat until mid-May
Egypt
January 17, 2015
Minister: Egypt has enough wheat until mid-May
Egypt's stock of wheat for its subsidised bread programme will last until the middle of May, Supplies Minister Khaled Hanafi…
Minister says Egypt eyes 3.3 mn feddans of wheat for 2015
Business
December 31, 2014
Minister says Egypt eyes 3.3 mn feddans of wheat for 2015
Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, is eyeing the cultivation of 3.3 million feddans of wheat during 2015, Agriculture Minister Adel…
Minister:Egypt’s sufficient wheat supply sufficient to last until late April
Egypt
December 21, 2014
Minister:Egypt’s sufficient wheat supply sufficient to last until late April
Egypt has sufficient wheat supply to last until late April, just after the government will begin buying wheat from the…