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Egypt imported some $2.9 billion worth of consumer-oriented products in 2019. This is a 16 percent increase of the 2018 imports value of $2.5 billion.

On June 3, 2020, Egypt's Ministry of Trade and Industry issued a decree to temporarily ban sugar imports, including refined and raw sugar.

Post forecasts above-trend expansion for the 2020/21 season, with planted area at 38.5 million hectares (ha) and production at 130 million metric tons (MMT).

Post maintains its corn production forecast for market year (MY) 2019/20 (March 2020 – February 2021) at 100 MMT, based on poor yields in the southern states of Rio Grande do Sul and Parana...