Egypt: Maize, wheat are the most important items received by Damietta Port during the past week
Egypt
Published Dec 7, 2021
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The media center of the Damietta Port Authority said that the port witnessed during the past week a great activity in the movement of ships (containers and general goods), as it received and left dozens of ships loaded with various goods, pointing out that the port dealt with 113 ships during the aforementioned period. The center added that the port received 26,634 tons of wheat, 74,489 tons of corn, 6,424 tons of beech wood, 2,500 tons of edible oil, 16,468 tons of beans and 10,498 tons of lentils.
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The port also received 8235 tons of iron, 22,458 tons of scrap, 15,330 tons of sugar, and 2556 tons of slag. He pointed out that the port exported tens of thousands of tons of various commodities, such as 32,515 tons of phosphate, 16,480 tons of urea and 1,921 tons of sand. The port also exported 4,361 tons of iron, 800 tons of nitrate, 5,414 tons of gypsum powder, 2,300 tons of molasses, and 15,710 tons of cement. The center indicated that the movement of export containers amounted to 2,612 TEUs, while the number of incoming containers reached 1058 TEUs, while the number of transit containers reached 5642 TEUs. He continued, "The movement of exports from containers included many different agricultural products, such as fruits (strawberries, pomegranates, oranges, and grapefruits), vegetables (molokhia, frozen okra, potatoes, sage, beans, and frozen mixed vegetables), and agricultural crops (peppers, grape leaves, potatoes, olives, caraway, sesame, anise, basil, herbs, lemon and ...
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