Extension of the ban on exports of beans, pasta, wheat, flour, oils and corn by 3 months

The Chamber of Grain Industry in the Federation of Industries, headed by Representative Tariq Hassanein, Chairman of the Chamber’s Board of Directors, confirmed that the decision of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to extend the continued ban on the export of beans, gravel and mashed, lentils, pasta, wheat, flour of all kinds, oils, grits and corn for a period of 3 months, comes in the interest of the citizen and within the framework of the leadership’s keenness The policy is to provide and secure food commodities for the Egyptian citizen at all times. Representative Tariq Hassanein, head of the Grain Industry Chamber of the Federation of Egyptian Industries, stated that all commodities are available in the markets, and that throughout the period of the Corona pandemic, we did not witness a shortage of any commodity as a result of the state taking proactive steps to secure food commodities. Abdel Ghaffar Al-Salamouni, Vice President of the Chamber of Grain Industry in the Federation of Industries, indicated that despite the availability of food commodities, the decision to extend the period of banning the export of beans, gravel, crushed beans, lentils, pasta, wheat, flour of all kinds, oils, grits and corn, confirms that the political leadership is keen to secure the citizens’ needs first of products. The local production of pasta suffices and increases the needs of citizens, as we produce approximately 1.5 million tons annually, while the consumption rate is approximately one million to one million and 100 thousand, and there are large quantities of rice, stressing that the state has succeeded in providing All food commodities and the provision of a strategic stock that suffices the needs of citizens for long periods.