Egypt: Supplying 22 thousand tons per month of pasta to the Ministry of Supply

Published 2022년 5월 17일

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The article highlights the approval of Minister of Trade and Industry, Nevin Jameh, to exclude 'spaghetti pasta' from a recent export ban on pasta-related products. This decision has received support from Hussein Boudi, the Vice President of the Grain Chamber, who anticipates it will boost the productivity of Egypt's pasta factories and flour mills. Egypt, which produces approximately 2 million tons of pasta annually, has around 700 pasta-producing factories and exports about 175,000 tons of pasta monthly. Despite a slight decline in exports over the past year, with the majority going to non-Arab African countries, the industry remains optimistic about the potential benefits of this exclusion.

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The Vice President of the Grain Chamber, Hussein Boudi, praised the decision of the Minister of Trade and Industry, Nevin Jameh, to exclude “spaghetti pasta” from Resolution No. 141 of 2022 regarding the ban on the export of pasta, a number of commodities, namely wheat, flour, beans, mashed, lentils, pasta and flour of all kinds, for a period of 3 months. Special statements to Amwal Al Ghad that the decision is a step and we seek to exclude the rest of the pasta varieties because opening the door for export, will increase the productivity of the pasta factories located in Egypt and thus increase the productivity of the mills operating in flour extraction 72 (luxury flour). He pointed out that Egypt's production of pasta amounts to 2 million tons annually, and we have self-sufficiency in pasta, and small quantities are imported, noting that Egypt has pasta factories equipped with the latest technological means in manufacturing and packaging processes, and the total number of ...

Source: Amwalalghad