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FAS/Cairo (Post) forecasts Egypt’s wheat imports in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 to increase by 2 percent from the previous marketing year, due to population growth and the availability of more foreign currency in Egyptian banks.

Egyptian cotton production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25, the period from August 2024 to July 2025, is forecast at 310,000 bales, down 40,000 bales from MY2023/24, driven by a 4-percent drop in harvested area and lower input use, impacting yields.

FAS/Cairo (Post) forecasts Egypt’s soybean imports in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 (October – September) to increase by 14.8 percent from the previous marketing year, due to an influx of foreign currency into Egyptian banks.

Egypt’s hotel, restaurant, and retail food sectors continued growth in 2018 thanks to a budding recovery in tourism and consumer spending.

In MY 2019/20, FAS Cairo forecasts fresh orange exports to reach 1.5MMT down from 1.7 MMT in MY 2018/19. Post attributes the decrease in exports to severe weather conditions that impacted production.

FAS Cairo coordinated the visit of the State of South Carolina Agricultural Commissioner Hugh E. Weathers....

The Egypt Food Service - Hotel Restaurant Institutional (HRI) sector’s sales grew in 2018; reaching $17.4 billion, representing about 7 percent of Egypt’s gross domestic product....

Egypt wheat production is still forecast at 8.77 MMT in MY 2019/20, up from 8.45 MMT in MY 2018/19 due to expansion of total area harvested.

The National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) has developed special foods regulatory requirements for specialty foods as part of a renewed and modernized Egyptian regulatory framework.

The Egyptian government is increasing the national herd while also increasing live cattle imports.

The Egyptian Parliament established the new National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) in January 2017.

Egypt has long been one of the leading buyers of U.S. beef offal, primarily liver.