Food News
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Egypt to allocate $4.1 bln for food subsidies in 2023/24
Egypt, a nation of 105 million people, is one of the world's biggest wheat importers and also relies on imports of other basic foods and fuel.
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Egypt: Tecnimont leads consortium for KIMA’s $300mn fertiliser plant
To be operation-ready in the first half of 2026, the $300 million (AED1.1 billion) plant is designed to produce 600 tonnes per day of Nitric Acid.
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Ministry of Irrigation, Military Survey Department sign cooperation protocol
The protocol was signed by Khaled Amin, the Chairperson of the ESA, and Mohamed Radwan, the Director of the Military Survey Department.
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Egypt to start exporting onions and citrus to the Philippines, Uzbekistan on June 15
The most prominent Egyptian agricultural exports this year are citrus fruits, potatoes, onions, grapes, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, among others.
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Egypt, Namibia discuss boosting cooperation in pharmacological industry
The meeting comes as part of the EDA’s efforts to tap Egyptian medicines into African markets.
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New fertilizer plant has been announced in Egypt
The plant, whose completion is expected in the first half of 2026, will produce 600 tpd of Nitric Acid.
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Danone Egypt partners with Shagarha Initiative to plant fruit trees in public areas and roadsides
This partnership reflects the company's commitment to spreading environmental awareness.
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Egypt seeks wheat cargoes from US, Canada
Egypt's General Authority For Supply Commodities (GASC) announced on Monday an international tender for wheat, according to an official statement.
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Egypt doubles frozen strawberry exports to the EU in the past five years
In 2018, Morocco was the leading exporter of frozen strawberries to the EU, with Egyptian exports being slightly lower: 62,000.
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Egypt might flood the global dates market within the next five years
Egypt is gearing up to boost exports of dates and to take the crown of the largest global exporter away from the current leader Israel.
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Edita Food Industries acquires 100% of Fancy Foods
Local snack manufacturer, Edita Food Industries acquires Fancy Foods, expanding its offering to fresh and ready-to-bake pastry products.
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Egypt procures 3 mln T of local wheat so far - government official
Egypt, one of the world's biggest wheat importers, has sufficient strategic wheat reserves until the end of November, Kamal Hashem told Reuters.
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Egypt’s annual average wheat imports in 5 years total US$ 2.7 billion
The average annual wheat imports from Russia over five years amounted to $1.5 billion.
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Economic crisis in Egypt pounding its tilapia, fishmeal industries
An ongoing economic crisis in Egypt is shaking the country's seafood sector, as it faces historic currency devaluation.
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Foodico’s net profit soars 88% YoY in Q1
Foodico is an Egypt-based public shareholding company engaged in the food industry.
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Sharkia National Food switches to profits in Q1
Sharkia National Food's main activities include feed manufacture and fattening cattle.
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Spring flowers show opened at agriculture museum
A host of ambassadors along with leaderships from the agriculture ministry and Giza governorate attended the inauguration.
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New fees under Egypt’s resource development law do not apply to commodities
Approved amendments to the income tax law include increasing tax exemption limit by 50 percent to LE 36,000 annually.
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Egypt's Fish Production Increases by 1.7% in 2021: CAPMAS
Fish farms ranked first in terms of production, with a rate of 78.4%, followed by production in lakes by 12.8%, marine production by 4.8%.
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Saudi Arabia leads in imports of Egyptian grapes in 2022
Growing exports of table grapes from Egypt were one of the main reasons for the rise in Saudi Arabia’s total imports of these fruits.