Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/18/2024 1:44:00 PM
As Egypt seeks to import more wheat to safeguard its strategic reserves, experts explain the economic forces governing the grain trade.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/21/2024 6:25:39 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty discussed in a telephone call with Romanian counterpart Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu ways to boost economic bilateral relations between the two countries and Egyptian wheat imports from Romania.
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Business
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Economy
1/7/2024 6:51:40 PM
Egypt’s wheat imports increased by over 14.5 percent to 11 million tons in 2023 compared to 9.6 million tons in 2022, Deputy Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ibrahim Ashmawy said on Saturday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/23/2023 5:27:37 PM
After Kyiv announced sending 17,600 tons of grain to Egypt, Moscow said it had delivered more than eight million tons of wheat to Egypt over the past fiscal year.
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Egypt
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Society
8/27/2023 8:38:17 PM
Russia has denied US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent claim that it has destroyed “another 13,000 tons of grain headed to feed people in Egypt and Romania,” describing them as "clumsy propaganda."
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Business
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Economy
8/15/2023 2:45:02 PM
The Ministry of Finance has inked a $500 million five-year financing agreement with the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX), a financial arm of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), to finance wheat imports.
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Business
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Economy
8/8/2023 3:42:11 PM
Egypt's trade deficit grew by 4.3 percent to $3.74 billion in May 2023, compared to $3.57 billion in the same month last year, owing to a plunge in natural gas exports and a surge in wheat imports.
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Business
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Economy
8/3/2023 4:06:13 PM
Egypt's General Authority For Supply Commodities (GASC) has sealed a deal to import 360,000 tons of wheat, read a statement by the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade on Thursday.
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Business
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Economy
7/20/2023 12:00:00 AM
Egypt is currently in talks with the United Arab Emirates to secure a total of $500 million in funding to import wheat, Bloomberg quoted Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali El-Moselhi as saying on Thursday.
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Business
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Economy
6/18/2023 12:29:56 PM
Egypt's trade deficit dropped by 49.6 percent in March compared to the same month last year, as wheat imports plunged by 41.9 percent.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/10/2022 5:36:32 PM
Minister of Supply Ali Moselhy called on MPs to help the government reform the bread subsidy programme in order to cut wheat imports and reduce pressure on the state budget and foreign exchange reserves.
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Egypt
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Society
6/26/2022 11:09:39 PM
Egypt will import 180,000 tons of wheat from India within days as per a contract with the Indian side, Egyptian Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi said on Sunday.
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Business
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Economy
5/23/2022 9:21:18 PM
Heeding the warning signs before the Russia-Ukraine war, Egypt started its efforts to ensure that its required annual supply of wheat is secured. For this to happen, Egypt has had to increase its locally cultivated wheat and to diversify the sources of wheat imports.
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World
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Africa
3/21/2022 5:07:09 PM
More than 80 percent of Sudan's wheat imports are at risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an aid group warns, exacerbating economic and humanitarian crises that deepened after last year's military takeover.
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Business
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Economy
3/13/2022 3:30:00 PM
Egypt is set to receive a total amount of 189,000 tonnes of wheat from Russia, Ukraine and Romania in the coming days, a statement by the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade said on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/1/2022 5:43:46 PM
Egyptian farmers are expected to supply 5.5 million tonnes of wheat during the next season – 2 million tonnes more than they supplied in 2021 – according to Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Mohamed Moselhi.
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Egypt
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Politics
2/24/2022 12:41:00 AM
Egypt has reviewed plans to deal with the economic impacts of the Russia-Ukraine crisis that the country will possibly face, including on wheat imports, the flow of tourism, and petroleum prices.
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Business
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Economy
9/13/2020 7:01:27 PM
Egypt is currently biggest wheat importer globally, according to the FAS’ Grain: World Markets and Trade report for September
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World
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Region
8/7/2020 1:10:39 PM
'WFP also stands ready to offer supply chain management and logistical support and expertise to Lebanon'
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Business
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Economy
5/26/2019 2:08:02 PM
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