Lifting the ban on Egyptian food exports to Sudan was the main topic in the talks between the Egyptian Ministers of both Agriculture and Trade with their Sudanese counterparts, taking place in Cairo on Tuesday.
Sudan’s Trade Ministry stopped importing vegetables, fruit and fish from Egypt on September 20, 2016, stating that contaminants were used in their production.
In March 2017, the Sudanese government extended the ban to processed agricultural products due to public health concerns. Sudan’s Trade Ministry stopped the import of canned fish, jam, sauces and ketchup from Egypt.
During his meeting with Egyptian Agriculture Minister Ezz Edine Abu Setit, the Sudanese Agriculture and Forestry Minister Abdulla Sulaiman expressed his understanding and support for the lift of the ban.
The two ministers discussed problems facing the resumption of Egyptian agricultural exports to Sudan, while the Egyptian side reviewed the technical situation of agricultural exports, declaring that the Sudanese ban had no basis in fact.
According to egyptindependent.com, the two ministers agreed to overcome all obstacles facing the Sudanese-Egyptian partnership for agricultural integration.
