{"id":617664,"date":"2024-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/03\/26\/govt-launches-initiative-to-cut-commodity-prices-by-up-to-30\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T00:00:00","slug":"govt-launches-initiative-to-cut-commodity-prices-by-up-to-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/03\/26\/govt-launches-initiative-to-cut-commodity-prices-by-up-to-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t launches initiative to cut commodity prices by up to 30%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>The war on commodity prices continues: <\/strong>The government has directed local manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers to slash commodity prices by up to 30% over a series of meetings between the Supply Ministry, the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, and the Federation of Egyptian Industries, according to a cabinet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid0TuWCU5zg6EXg2BMBukRz1C5pRurY3ocPoCSQd8WCNMBa1rr9B4AdvtS6C919u1arl\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. Some businesses are set to reduce prices by 15-20% this week as they work to gradually ramp up the price cuts to 30% following the Eid Al Fitr holiday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Changes across the board:<\/strong> Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met with manufacturers, producers, and suppliers of commodities \u2014 including sugar, grains, rice, wheat, flour, pasta, tea, dairy, cheese, butter, meat, and oils \u2014 as well as those involved in engineering and electronic goods and representatives of commercial chains to discuss the initiative, which together account for over 70% of the market, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>A bid to rein in inflation: <\/strong>The only way to break the inflationary cycle is to introduce price cuts for major commodities that are proportional to the decline of the USD-EGP exchange rate on the parallel market, Madbouly said. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>But the recent fuel price hikes could add to inflationary pressures:<\/strong> Inflation is expected to rise by a monthly rate of 1.5% in March and 3-4% in April primarily on the back of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/be2302e1-e1a7-4413-95b2-887642444241\/egypt-hikes-car%253cmark%253e-fuel-%253c%2Fmark%253eprices-by-by-8-21%2525\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">f<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/be2302e1-e1a7-4413-95b2-887642444241\/egypt-hikes-car%253cmark%253e-fuel-%253c%2Fmark%253eprices-by-by-8-21%2525\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">uel price hikes<\/a> imposed by the government over the weekend, CI Capital Holding Senior Economist Sara Saada told Al Arabiya Business (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlArabiyaBN_EG\/status\/1772255503134994495?s=20\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">watch, runtime: 5:32<\/a>). These knock-on effects could extend well into May, she added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ICYMI: <\/strong>We <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/93f16780-a922-44f2-9efe-d8ad324c60d2\/gov%25e2%2580%2599t-could-up-strategic-reserves-of-basic%253cmark%253e-commodities-%253c%2Fmark%253eby-20%2525\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">heard<\/a> on Sunday that Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly directed the government to study a plan to ramp up strategic reserves of basic commodities by 20% in a bid to stabilize commodity prices \u201cin the event of a crisis.\u201d The day before, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a09d3113-3141-4689-ab51-3a914eca4c8c\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a> that the government could earmark USD 1-3 bn to import essential commodities to compete directly with the private sector in a bid to lower prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses are set to reduce prices by 15-20% this week as they work to gradually ramp up the price cuts to 30% following the Eid Al Fitr holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":617665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7305],"tags":[317,72,564,777],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-617664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodities","tag-commodities","tag-enterpriseam","tag-food","tag-supply-ministry","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"2d637305-5938-4ad5-b7e6-318cad8bf8f7","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/3\/2304.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Gov\u2019t launches initiative to cut commodity prices by up to 30%","related_issue":[617659],"teaser":"Businesses are set to reduce prices by 15-20% this week as they work to gradually ramp up the price cuts to 30% following the Eid Al Fitr holiday.","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/3\/.eb8924b6-8e7e-40fd-85cb-00704c9b5746.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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