Egypt: Government bans export of wheat and other staples for 3 months

Announcement

10 Mar 2022

In March 2022, the Ministry of Trade and Industry announced the suspension of the export of wheat, fava beans, lentils, pasta and all kinds of flour for 3 months.

Source

Number of interventions

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

11 Mar 2022

Revocation date:

12 Sep 2022

Prolonged: 12 Jun 2022

Export ban

On 10 March 2022, the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Egypt adopted Decree 141 for the year 2022 imposing a temporary export ban on wheat, fava beans, lentils, pasta, and all kinds of flour. The new...

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