Commodities Egypt has strategic sugar reserves to last until April CAIRO: Egypt's strategic sugar reserves are enough to last up to the start of April, the supply ministry said on Monday. Published 08 Oct, 2018 12:05pm
Commodities Egypt strategic wheat reserves to last until February CAIRO: Egypt has sufficient strategic wheat reserves to last until the end of the first week of February, the supply min Published 08 Oct, 2018 11:44am
Commodities Morocco to suspend soft wheat customs duty on Nov. 1 MARRAKESH: Morocco will cancel customs duty on soft wheat on November 1 to ensure regular supply, the agriculture minist Published 02 Oct, 2018 01:40pm
Commodities Ivory Coast raises cocoa farm price to 750 CFA francs per kg ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa grower, raised the guaranteed price it pays farmers to 750 CFA francs ($1.34 Published 01 Oct, 2018 01:53pm
Commodities Argentinian rice offered lowest at Iraq purchasing tender DUBAI: The lowest offer in the international tender from Iraq's state grains buyer to purchase at least 30,000 tonnes of Published 01 Oct, 2018 10:35am
Commodities Iraq aims to boost light crude exports to 1 million bpd in 2019 BAGHDAD: Iraq plans to increase the production and exports of light crude oil to 1 million barrels per day in 2019, Published 30 Sep, 2018 11:14pm
Commodities Ivory Coast 2018/19 farmgate cocoa price expected at 750 CFA francs ABIDJAN: Top grower Ivory Coast is expected to set a guaranteed price of 750 CFA francs ($1.35) per kilogramme to cocoa Published 27 Sep, 2018 02:29pm
Middle East Africa Commodities Iraq buys 100,000 T wheat, 90,000 T rice in direct deals BAGHDAD: Iraq's trade ministry said on Wednesday it bought 100,000 tonnes of wheat and 90,000 tonnes of rice in direct d Published 26 Sep, 2018 02:24pm
Commodities Ghana's cocoa output to reach 1mn tonnes and more in a few years ACCRA: Ghana's cocobod regulator expects the country's annual cocoa output to rise to 1 million tonnes and more in a few Published 26 Sep, 2018 11:48am
Commodities Egypt's GASC receives offers at vegetable oil tender CAIRO: An Egyptian state purchase tender for soyoil drew a lowest offer of $699.21 per tonne for 30,000 tonnes, trad Published 25 Sep, 2018 11:44am
Commodities Canadian wheat lowest offered in Iraq tender DUBAI: The lowest offer made at Iraq's international wheat purchase tender was at $337 a tonne cost, insurance and freig Published 23 Sep, 2018 01:33pm
Commodities Egypt's GASC buys 180,000 T and 295,000 T wheat shipments CAIRO: Egypt's state grains buyer GASC has bought 180,000 tonnes of wheat for shipment over Nov. 1-10 and a further 295, Published 18 Sep, 2018 07:21pm
Commodities Egypt's GASC seeks wheat for Nov. 1-10, Nov. 11-20 shipment CAIRO: Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) set tenders on Monday to buy an unspecified amount of whe Published 17 Sep, 2018 08:04pm
Commodities Iraq seeking 50,000 tonnes of wheat in tender BAGHDAD: Iraq's trade ministry is seeking at least 50,000 tonnes of wheat in an international purchasing tender, ministr Published 13 Sep, 2018 08:04pm
Middle East Africa Commodities Ghana's cocoa purchases reach 870,000 tonnes as season closes ACCRA: Cocoa purchases declared to Ghana's Cocobod reached 870,000 tonnes in the 2017-18 crop year which ends on Thursda Published 13 Sep, 2018 07:42pm
Commodities Ghana agrees with Ivory Coast to announce bean prices at start of cocoa season ACCRA: Ghana and Ivory Coast have agreed to coordinate the announcement of bean prices with the opening of cocoa season, Published 12 Sep, 2018 08:37pm
Commodities Egypt sets buying price for local rice paddy CAIRO: Egypt will pay its farmers 4,400-4,700 Egyptian pounds ($246.22-$263) a tonne for rice paddy, an unprocessed form Published 03 Sep, 2018 09:39pm
Commodities Syrian state importer seeks 200,000 tonnes of wheat in tender BEIRUT: Syria's state grains agency, the General Establishment for Cereal Processing and Trade (Hoboob), has issued Published 30 Aug, 2018 01:27pm
Commodities Egypt's GASC buys 350,000 tonnes of wheat in tender CAIRO: Egypt's state grains buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Tuesday that it has boug Published 28 Aug, 2018 08:34pm
Commodities Truck explodes at Glencore oilfield in Chad, production suspended N'DJAMENA: A truck caught fire and exploded on Sunday at Glencore's Mangara oilfield in Chad, forcing production to be s Published 28 Aug, 2018 07:29pm
Commodities Egypt's GASC says seeking soyoil, sunflower oil in tender DUBAI: Egypt's state buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Sunday it was seeking soyoil an Published 26 Aug, 2018 07:52pm
Commodities Iraq buys 300,000 tonnes wheat from US and Canada DUBAI/HAMBURG: Iraq's state grains board said on Thursday it had purchased a total of 300,000 tonnes of wheat to be Published 16 Aug, 2018 03:46pm
Middle East Africa Commodities South Africa hikes sugar import duties to protect local industry CAPE TOWN: South Africa has raised import duties on sugar to $680 from $566 a tonne to protect the domestic industry aga Published 15 Aug, 2018 01:56pm
Commodities Kenya's tea output jumps 14pc in the first half of the year NAIROBI: Kenya's tea production jumped by 14 percent in the first six months of this year to 230.99 mln kg from the same Published 09 Aug, 2018 02:09pm
Commodities Ivory Coast cocoa crop developing well but more rain needed, say farmers ABIDJAN: Top grower Ivory Coast's cocoa crop is developing well but rainfall was below average last week and needs to pi Published 06 Aug, 2018 02:33pm
Commodities Egypt's GASC seeking soyoil, sunflower oil in tender DUBAI: Egypt's state buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Sunday it was seeking soyoil an Published 05 Aug, 2018 12:32pm
Commodities Egypt strategic wheat reserves at 4 months CAIRO: Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer, has reserves of the grain sufficient to cover the country's needs for Published 03 Aug, 2018 12:20pm
Commodities Iraq buys 50,000 tonnes wheat from Australia in tender HAMBURG/DUBAI: Iraq's state grains board is said to have purchased about 50,000 tonnes of Australian wheat in a tender w Published 02 Aug, 2018 03:17pm
Commodities Exposure to debt-stricken cocoa exporter rocks Ivory Coast banks ABIDJAN: Heavy debt exposure to Ivory Coast's largest domestic cocoa exporter, which has been ordered into liquidation, Published 31 Jul, 2018 01:25pm
Middle East Africa Commodities Iraq wheat purchase tender's lowest offer at $321.77 a tonne DUBAI: The lowest offer made at Iraq's international wheat purchase tender was at $321.77 a tonne cost, insurance and fr Published 29 Jul, 2018 11:47am
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