Egypt to increase sugar production to 2.5-2.6 mn tonnes this year

Egypt will increase sugar production to 2.5-2.6 mn tonnes in FY2020-2021, up from 2.48mn tonnes last year, Mustafa Abdel Gawad, head of the Agriculture Ministry's Sugar Crops Council, told Reuters. This is sufficient to cover 80% of domestic consumption, with the remainder to be covered through imports, he said.