date:Mar 19, 2019
Egyptians consume between 3.2 and 3.3 million tonnes of sugar per year while the country produces nearly 2.2 million tonnes of sugar from beets and canes yearly, the supply ministry said on Sunday.
In response to the discrepancy between the consumption and production, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has instructed the ministry to develop the countrys sugar companies, Supply Minister Ali Moselhi said, at a ceremony marking the expansion of the Delta Sugar Company in Egypts Kafr el-Sheikh, accordi