The Ministry of Supply in Egypt prepares to receive local sugar production season

The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade is preparing to receive the 2025 sugarcane harvest season, targeting the purchase of about 6 million tons of the cane crop to produce local sugar. The local sugar production season will start next January, and companies affiliated with the Ministry of Supply will begin receiving the cane crop from farmers within days, while the sugar beet crop will be supplied in February 2025. The Ministry of Supply aims to produce about 650,000 tons of local sugar during the next season 2025, to reduce the gap between production and consumption. Read also | The Ministry of Supply announces its preparations for the upcoming sugar cane season 2025. The financial allocations for purchasing sugar cane this year are estimated at about 16 billion pounds, in addition to the cost of industrial operations, which amounts to about 7 billion pounds. The Ministry of Supply announced the disbursement of incentives to farmers at the rate of 50 pounds per ton of sugar ...