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.
Source
Number of interventions
1
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
13 Nov 2025
Revocation date:
12 Feb 2026
Update
On 9 March 2026, the Egyptian government reimposed an import licensing requirement on refined sugar until 30 April 2026.
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