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Supply Minister Ali El Moselhy will be meeting with food producers and distributors next week<\/strong> to negotiate ways to keep shipping and transport costs low. This comes as the Interior Ministry is reportedly leading its own price control initiative<\/strong> to help keep commodity prices low in light of the government\u2019s recent hike in fuel prices, Al Shorouk reports<\/a>. Members of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce met yesterday with the head of the ministry\u2019s Commodities Investigation Unit to discuss ways to hold back inflation.<\/p>\n

On a related note, the government will not be raising med prices again this year,<\/strong> Health Minister Ahmed Rady tells Al Borsa<\/a>. It\u2019s unclear whether the minister is referring to the fiscal year or calendar year of 2017. Pharma companies have been haggling for a sitdown with Rady to discuss further hikes to med prices, following the 30-50% increase instituted in January<\/a>, under which they had been promised a second hike in August, says Gamal El Leithy, a member of the Federation of Egyptian Industries\u2019 pharma division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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