Egypt: Export values of goods excluded from the export ban in 6 months

Published 2021년 4월 16일

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The Egyptian government announced a temporary ban on the export of pulses starting from April, aiming to meet the domestic demand. However, the ban was later amended to exclude green beans, green peas, and peanuts. The exports of dry beans, peanuts, and green beans during the season from September 2020 to February 2021 reached $75 million, $59 million, and $17 million respectively. The annual export season of agricultural crops in Egypt runs from September to August of the following year, with citrus being the largest agricultural commodity exported, amounting to $389 million.

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In an inventory of a number of goods that were excluded from the decision to ban exports for a period of 3 months, starting from April, which was announced by the Minister of Trade and Industry Nevin Jameh, the exports of dry beans, which reached during the current export season, from September 2020 to the end of February 2021, equivalent to 6 months value 75 million dollars distributed over quantities amounted to 75 thousand tons and ranked sixth in the list of the highest exported agricultural crops. The value of peanut exports, according to the statistics of the Export and Import Control Authority, "Al-Youm Seven" obtained copies of it during the same period of 59 million dollars in quantities of 37 thousand tons and occupied the ninth place. Green beans exports reached 17 million dollars distributed over 13 thousand tons and came in Fourteenth place in the list of highest-exporting agricultural commodities. Nevin Jama, Minister of Trade and Industry, had issued a ...

Source: Youm7