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After years of declining production, Egyptian cotton is again on the rise.

FAS Cairo forecasts refined sugar production in MY2018/19 to increase by approximately five percent or 115,000 metric ton (MT) to reach 2.44 million metric tons (MMT)....

On February 2, 2018, Egypt’s General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) issued updated requirements for suppliers wishing to participate in government tenders for wheat procurement.

On January 21, 2018, the Egyptian government gave Upper Egypt sugarcane farmers a financial boost.

Egypt’s soybean imports in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 are forecast at 2.8 million metric tons (MMT), up 400,000 MT from the MY 2017/18 estimate of 2.4 MMT.

FAS Cairo forecasts Egypt’s wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 (July-June) to reach 8.45 million metric tons (MMT), up by 4.3 percent compared to marketing year 2017/18.

Despite a directive stopping the issuance of cotton import licenses being overturned; Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation refuses to issue import permits for any imported cotton...