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On March 26, 2020, Egypt’s National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) issued Resolution No. 3/2020.

The Office of Agriculture Affairs (Post) forecasts refined sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 to increase by approximately 1.5 percent or 40,000 metric tons (MT) to reach 2.78 million...

In market year (MY) 2020/21, cotton area harvested is forecast to drop by almost 35 percent to 65,000 hectares (ha), from 100,000 ha in MY 2019/20.

Egypt imported some $6.3 billion worth of food ingredients in 2019, up about $100 million compared to imports in 2018

On February 23-24, 2020, FAS/Cairo along with the North Dakota Trade Office coordinated the visit of pulses suppliers to Egypt to market U.S. peas, lentils, chickpeas, and dry edible beans.

Egypt’s soybean imports in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 (October-September) are forecast at 3.8 million metric tons (MMT), up 100,000 MT from the MY 2019/20 estimate.

FAS Cairo (Post) forecasts Egypt’s wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 (July-June) to reach 8.9 million metric tons (MMT), up by approximately 1.5 percent compared to 8.77 MMT...

Egypt’s mandatory plant quarantine pre-shipment inspections of grains at port-of-loading are back.

By January 2021, Egypt will operate its first commodity exchange which can provide commodity markets with greater price stability by reducing risk and increasing the number of traders....

The major objective of agricultural research in Egypt is the production of plant varieties that consume less water and that are higher yielding to benefit small scale farmers.

On November 27, 2019, a shipment of 1,503 U.S.-origin Holstein bred heifers and open heifers sold out of Statesville, North Carolina, and valued at $3 million arrived at Egypt’s Port Said....

On January 5, 2020, the Government of Egypt issued Prime Ministerial Decree No. 35/2020, establishing a new state entity in the form of a joint-stock company integrated....