date:Jul 16, 2013
urces of foreign currency, since an uprising brought down President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.
The currency crisis has made it difficult to finance food and fuel imports, causing traders to draw down stocks and purchase on a hand-to-mouth basis.
The market has changed - importers are shipping 30,000 tonnes instead of 60,000 tonnes and selling on smaller amounts because no one wants to carry the stock, Tawfik said.
Privately owned Medsofts imports around 2 million tonnes of grains, includ