{"id":588752,"date":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/06\/15\/this-evening-govt-released-goods-worth-usd-16-8-bn-from-ports-in-the-last-two-months-maait\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","slug":"this-evening-govt-released-goods-worth-usd-16-8-bn-from-ports-in-the-last-two-months-maait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/06\/15\/this-evening-govt-released-goods-worth-usd-16-8-bn-from-ports-in-the-last-two-months-maait\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS EVENING: Gov\u2019t released goods worth USD 16.8 bn from ports in the last two months -Maait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy THURSDAY, ladies and gentlemen.<\/span> We have a relatively calm afternoon here at home<\/span> to ease the slide into the weekend. <\/span><\/p>\n

THE BIG STORY TODAY<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Goods worth a combined USD 16.8 bn were released from our ports over<\/span> the past two months<\/span>, with around USD 8.4 bn-worth of goods released each month, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said today, according to <\/span>Asharq Business<\/a><\/span>. That\u2019s an uptick from the average USD 5 bn of goods released from ports during 1Q 2023, Maait noted. However, there remained some USD 5.5 bn-worth of goods stuck at ports as of the end of May, according to the minister. <\/span><\/p>\n

THE BIG STORY ABROAD<\/span><\/p>\n

Boris Johnson is fronting the pages of the international press today.<\/span> The UK\u2019s former PM<\/span> has been accused of lying to parliament about holding covid-19 lockdown parties in parliament and in his residence. A report, entitled the \u201cparty gate\u201d was prepared by the privilege committee and has revealed the accusation and added his use of intimidation and abuse to it. Read more on: <\/span>BBC<\/a><\/span> | <\/span>Reuters<\/a><\/span> | <\/span>CNBC<\/a><\/span> | <\/span>Financial Times<\/a><\/span> | <\/span>New York Times<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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