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Egypt: Government imposes import licensing requirement on refined sugar

Announcement

13 Nov 2025

In November 2025, the government of Egypt imposed an import licensing requirement on refined sugar for a period of three months.

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1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

13 Nov 2025

Revocation date:

12 Feb 2026

Announced: 13 Nov 2025
Import licensing requirement

Update

On 9 March 2026, the Egyptian government reimposed an import licensing requirement on refined sugar until 30 April 2026.

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