Kahk, also known as “Eid cookies,” are specifically served during Eid-Al-Fitr after Ramadan, and is mainly made from wheat, ghee, sesame, sugar and water. 

We will let you know Egypt’s production and imports of Kahk’s main ingredients. 

Our country produced 9.8 million tons of wheat in 2022, according to the official statistical agency of Egypt CAPMAS. 

A total of 53,000 tons of sesame were produced during FY 2020/21. 

Egypt also imported 25,603 tons of ghee last year, while it produced 30.1 million tons of sugar. 

In the annual bulletin of drinking water and sanitation statistics for FY 2020/21, CAPMAS said the per capita share of pure water reached 112.1 m3/year.