Supply Ministry increases prices of staples for ration card holders

The Supply Ministry has raised the prices of subsidized staples including cooking oil, vegetable margarine, and sugar sold to ration card holders, Al Borsa reports. The price of an 800 ml bottle of cooking oil is now EGP 12 (up from EGP 10), while one kg of sugar now costs EGP 8, a rise of EGP 1. The prices come into effect today.