Egypt: Meat and oil prices fall, pasta and beans rise in markets

Written by - Dina Karam: The prices of sunflower oil, poultry, meat, and Roman cheese decreased during today's trading, Tuesday, compared to yesterday's prices, while the prices of pasta, beans, and flour increased, according to data published by the Cabinet Information Center for the prices of a number of basic and food commodities on a daily basis on one of its websites, "Local and Global Commodity Prices Portal". Masrawy monitors the average prices of the most prominent basic commodities in the markets today, according to the Cabinet Information Center's Local and Global Commodity Prices Portal, which may differ from price levels in some areas of the republic. The prices came as follows: A kilo of packaged rice: 33.64 pounds, down 16 piasters. A kilo of packaged beans: 52.7 pounds, down 1.63 pounds. A kilo of packaged flour: 26.04 pounds, up 93 piasters. A liter of sunflower oil: 79.64 pounds, down 2.25 pounds. 1 kg of packaged sugar: EGP 35.67, down 89 piasters. 1 kg of ...