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<\/a> LEGISLATION WATCH- Your dog food is about to get more expensive:<\/strong> President Abdel Fattah El Sisi signed into law yesterday a bill introducing new or higher development fees on a laundry list of goods and services, such as mobile phones, commercial internet bills, pet food, and raw tobacco, according to Al Shorouk<\/a>. The new fees, which the Finance Ministry had proposed last month<\/a>, are designed to help shore up public finances as government covid-19 support packages and stimulus spending strains budgets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LEGISLATION WATCH- Your dog food is about to get more expensive: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi signed into law yesterday a bill introducing new or higher development fees on a laundry list of goods and services, such as mobile phones, commercial internet bills, pet food, and raw tobacco, according to Al Shorouk. 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