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Egypt will increase sugar production to 2.5-2.6 mn tonnes in FY2020-2021, up from 2.48<\/a>mn tonnes last year<\/a>, Mustafa Abdel Gawad, head of the Agriculture Ministry's Sugar Crops Council, told Reuters<\/a>. This is sufficient to cover 80% of domestic consumption, with the remainder to be covered through imports, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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