• Sunday, 19 January 2020

    ABB snaps electricity transformer contract for Canal Sugar

    Canal Sugar Company has awarded a contract to design and supply customized electricity distribution transformers to ABB, Al Mal reported. The company did not disclose the value of the agreement nor the timetable for its implementation.
  • Wednesday, 28 August 2019

    Egypt mulls imposing anti-dumping tariffs on sugar imports

    The government is considering imposing a 20% anti-dumping tariff on sugar imports for 180 days after receiving complaints from local producers of large stockpiles and slow sales, unnamed sources tell the local press. The government would impose the tariff in...
  • Monday, 26 August 2019

    Farmers urge gov’t to impose import duty on sugar

    The Agriculture Ministry has asked the government to look into proposals submitted by the Farmers’ Syndicate to control sugar imports, ministry sources told the local press. Farmers are urging the government to protect the local market by either imposing protectionist...
  • Thursday, 22 August 2019

    Harris Pye to contribute multi-tubular boilers to Minya Canal Sugar project

    Harris Pye Engineering Group UAE has inked an agreement to supply five multi-tubular smoke tube boilers to the Canal Sugar project in Minya, MEP Middle East reports. The project is expected to be one of the largest beet sugar production...
  • Wednesday, 24 July 2019

    Sugar crop production rises 320k tonnes y-o-y to hit record levels

    Egypt produces a record 2.48 mn tonnes of sugar crop this season, marking an increase of some 320,500 tonnes y-o-y, Agriculture Minister Ezz El-Din Abu Steit said in a statement on Monday. Around 248,200 feddans of sugar cane were cultivated,...
  • Sunday, 21 July 2019

    Sugar imports down 10.2% in 1H2019, frozen meat imports up 11.5%

    Egypt’s sugar imports declined by 10.2% y-o-y in 1H2019 to 116.4k tonnes, compared to 129.5k tonnes during the same period last year, the General Organization For Export & Import Control (GOEIC) said. Meanwhile, frozen meat imports grew 11.5% y-o-y in...
  • Monday, 8 April 2019

    GASC purchases 114k tonnes of rice, cancels sugar tender

    State grain purchaser GASC has acquired 114k tonnes of chinese rice at a price of USD 405 per tonne, reports Reuters Arabic service. An international tender for the purchase of at least 50k tonnes of sugar was also cancelled due...
  • Tuesday, 2 April 2019

    Supply Ministry looking to reduce subsidy recipients’ monthly sugar allowance

    The Supply Ministry is looking at potentially reducing the amount of sugar it hands out to ration card holders each month, Minister Ali El Moselhy said yesterday, according to Al Mal. According to the minister, the average family of four...
  • Wednesday, 27 March 2019

    Supply Ministry fixes sugar price at EGP 7,500

    The Supply Ministry reached an agreement with sugar beet producers to set the price of beet sugar for the current season at EGP 7,500 per tonne, according to Al Mal.

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