Prices of food commodities, vegetables jump on April 16th

Prices of some food commodities and vegetables in Egypt climbed on Thursday, April 16 th, according to data from the Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC).

Rice jumped by 1.7% to reach EGP 34.8 per kilogram, whereas the sugar increased by 13.2% to EGP 34.5 per kilogram.

Sunflower oil costs EGP 99.5 per kilogram, with a daily rise of 2.5%.

In terms of vegetables, tomatoes increased by 3.7% to EGP 28 per kilogram.

Potatoes also inched up by 0.8% to EGP 14.6 per kilogram.