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Import-export firms turn to black market for US dollars

A foreign exchange shortage in Egypt is badly affecting companies engaged in foreign trade. As the country braces for a new devaluation of the pound, the dollar has reached new heights on the black market. [...]

Published on 20/12/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Big players weather Egypt wheat crisis but many small firms may perish

Major disruption in Egypt's wheat processing sector continues as the country awaits an IMF loan due next month. Only a handful of major players are managing to get supplies, while many smaller flour mills may not survive.

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Workers unload wheat at the Banha grain silos, in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, the 25th May 2022.

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Egyptian diplomats set for heavy cuts

Egypt's government has launched an initiative to reduce the diplomatic corps' budget. Public spending is on the line as the state's debt grows amid the war in Ukraine.

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Cairo banks on IMF to save wheat-starved private flour mills

The state body that provides wheat for Egypt's subsidised bread programme has agreed to supply private millers to help them through a crisis that has shut most of their mills. But this is a stop-gap measure, with the country hoping that an IMF loan will provide long-term relief.

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Potential Ukrainian wheat supply blockage for Algiers and Cairo

The Moscow-Kyiv crisis is leading to a drastic reduction in the volume of grain shipped from Black Sea ports. Fearing a Russian offensive, shipping companies are now refusing to make new commitments to traders. This situation particularly affects Algiers, which has been relying on supplies from this region to compensate for its halt in French purchases, but it is also of consequence to Egypt.

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Barley grain is mechanically poured into a 40,000 ton ship at a Ukrainian agricultural exporter's shipment terminal in the Black Sea port of Mykolaïv, in Ukraine.

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Import-export firms turn to black market for US dollars

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Big players weather Egypt wheat crisis but many small firms may perish

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Potential Ukrainian wheat supply blockage for Algiers and Cairo