Egypt’s wheat reserves are sufficient for 4.6 months, while reserves of cooking oil and sugar are adequate for seven and 14 months, respectively.

The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) has secured a contract for 50,000 tons of imported sunflower oil.

Egypt has secured a strategic reserve of subsidized wheat sufficient for 5.6 months of local consumption.

Egypt's strategic reserve of wheat is currently sufficient for six months.

Egypt's strategic wheat reserves are sufficient for up to 5.9 months.

The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) announced a record-breaking tender for 3.8 million metric tons of wheat, aiming to cover imports from October 2024 to April 2025.

Egypt's strategic reserves of wheat supplies are expected to last for approximately 7 months, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Sherif Farouk told Asharq Business.

The Egyptian government is currently in talks with several countries, eying new wheat channels, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhy revealed.

Egypt has purchased 420,000 tons of wheat through an international tender, Vice Head of the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) Hossam El-Garrahy stated.

Egypt’s strategic reserve of sugar provided to citizens on ration cards is sufficient for 11 months, as per the Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhy.

Egypt’s strategic wheat reserves are sufficient for three months, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhy said.

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has directed the government to study increasing the strategic reserve of essential commodities by about 20%.

Egypt has raised its wheat imports to 11 million tons in 2023, compared to 9.6 million tons in 2022, Deputy Minister of Supply and Internal Trade and Chairman of the Internal Trade Development Authority (ITDA) Ibrahim Ashmawy said.

The Egyptian government has withdrawn 240,000 tons of sugar from its strategic reserves to be distributed in the market this month as an attempt to control the fluctuating prices of sugar.

Egypt’s strategic reserve of wheat is enough to satisfy the needs of citizens for 2.3 months.

Meanwhile, Egyptian Minister of Supply Ali Moselhy said that Egypt’s wheat reserves are sufficient for up to 4.5 months, sugar reserves are sufficient for 3.5 months, while vegetable oil and rice’s reserves are sufficient for 4.9 months and 3 months, respectively.