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Billions lost as EU says no to Egypt agriculture

The European Union said on Monday that they would not accept any Egyptian agricultural products into the continent.
27.07.11 | Source: Bikyamasr

The European Union said on Monday that they would not accept any Egyptian agricultural products into the continent. The move will cost Egypt an estimated 25 million pounds ($4.2 billion), and has the government frustrated as it attempts to put the country’s economy back on track following a January revolution that ousted the former regime.

According to youm7.com, exporters and farmers announced they will respond to the move by protesting in front of the European Union’s headquarters in Cairo.

The move comes on the heels of an outbreak of E. coli in Europe, which the continent’s agricultural experts say originated in Egyptian fenugreek seeds.

In response, the EU earlier this month banned all seed imports from Egypt into Europe, but has now moved to forbid all agricultural products from the North African country.

The measure ignores both Egyptian and European tests which proved that the Egyptian fenugreek seeds were safe and free from E. coli bacteria.

The agriculture ministry told the European mission in Egypt that it was surprised of the measure adopted by the EU, which does not go in line with the Egyptian-European partnership agreement and affects the Egyptian exports.

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