Items related to commodities

Quantities of wheat which is imported from abroad upon its arrival in seaport
Egypt Independent 03 Apr 2013
Egyptian wheat reserves amount to 2 million tons, an amount that can meet demand for 81 days, according to a statement...
Consumers vying for diesel fuel, gas station, Cairo, 21 May, 2011. The diesel shortage crisis heated up across governorates,as citizens fight daily for diesel fuel at gas stations leading to clashes and injuries.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Mar 2013
The Supply and Petroleum Ministries have agreed to raise the daily amount of diesel delivered to the market from 32,000...
MENA 30 Jul 2012
Egypt’s trade balance deficit jumped by 79.6 percent from LE9.7 billion in April 2011 to LE17.5 billion this...
First prayer after Iftar at Al Azhar mosq, first day of Ramadan.
Mohamed Elmeshad 21 Jul 2012
  Soheir Salem, a housewife and mother of four, walked out to the markets last Friday looking to buy her pre-...
Fayza Abul-Naga ,Minister of International Cooperation
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 Jul 2012
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Fayza Abouelnaga said on Monday that "the dissolved Parliament...
Crowds at a gas cylinder storehouse in Cairo, November 1, 2010. The gas cylinder crisis aggravates as shortages soar and prices go up all over Egypt particularly in winter.
Egypt Independent 10 Dec 2011
Egypt’s inflation accelerated on rising food prices in November to reach an annual rate of 9.1 from 7.1 percent...
Butane shortage crisis,Giza warehouse
Arabic Edition 05 Dec 2011
Two people have died and 16 others wounded in battles over scarce butane gas cylinders in several governorates. A 50-...
Arabic Edition 21 May 2011
  The recent gas crisis has driven up the prices of certain food commodities and construction materials as...
MENA 23 Jan 2011
Egypt's trade deficit climbed by 42.6 percent in October 2010 compared to the same month in 2009, the Central...
 
Demonstrators clash with security forces in Tunisia.
Ashraf Fekry 11 Jan 2011
Minister of Trade and Industry, Rachid Mohamed Rachid, on Tuesday ruled out the possibility that Egypt might...