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On November 15, National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) issued Decision No. 13/2020 setting new maximum residue limits (MRLs) for veterinary drugs including ractopamine.

On July 26, 2020, Egypt’s National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) released Decision No. 7/2020 Principles and Objectives of Risk-Based Food Import Control System, made effective the day following...

The primary focus of agriculture research in Egypt is crop improvement and crop variety development.

On July 16, 2020, the Egyptian Tax Authority signed a protocol with the Customs Authority and Alexandria Chamber of Shipping to set a mechanism to apply value-added tax (VAT)...

Egypt’s Hotel-Restaurant-Institutional (HRI) sector in 2019 generated $13 billion in revenues, an 11.5 percent increase from 2018.

FAS Cairo forecasts Egypt's production (calf crop) in market year (MY) 2021 (January-December) at 1.94 million head.

On August 11, 2020, Egypt’s National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) released Decision No. 6/2020 – Rules Regulating Food Import Licensing, made effective the day following its publication...

FAS Cairo (Post) forecasts Egypt’s wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2020/2021 (July-June) to reach 8.9 million metric tons (MMT), up by almost 1.5 percent compared to 8.77 MMT...

Egypt imported some $2.9 billion worth of consumer-oriented products in 2019. This is a 16 percent increase of the 2018 imports value of $2.5 billion.

On June 3, 2020, Egypt's Ministry of Trade and Industry issued a decree to temporarily ban sugar imports, including refined and raw sugar.

On February 20, 2020, Egypt’s National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) released Decisions Nos. 5/2019, 1/2020, and 2/2020, made effective the day following their publication (i.e., on February 21, 2020)

On April 11, 2020, Egypt’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) issued Decree No. 209/2020.