The Ministry of Trade and Export Promotion recently announced a list of food products prohibited for export, which was approved during the Cabinet meeting held on March 13. This list includes ten categories of products, and this step comes within the framework of the government’s efforts to organize and regulate foreign trade and ensure the sustainability of the national economy.
According to the Guardian Ministry, the food products whose export is prohibited include eggs of all types of poultry, potatoes, garlic, and dry vegetables such as beans, lentils, and chickpeas, in addition to wheat and barley flour, wheat flour, soybean oil, sugar, pasta, and tomatoes. And triple focus.
The category of potatoes prohibited for export includes seeds destined for the starch industry, new potatoes, and uncooked potatoes cooked with steam or water. As for wheat and barley flour, the category includes types of flour prepared using traditional methods and packed in bags not exceeding 10 kg, in addition to other types of hard and soft wheat flour.
As for soybean oil and its derivatives, it includes unfiltered and refined products that have not been chemically modified and are destined for industrial and food uses.
As for sugar, it includes cane sugar, sugar beets, and sucrose in the solid state, and the category includes food pastes such as spaghetti, noodles, pasta, and pastries filled with various materials.
Finally, the double- and triple-pot tomatoes category includes products with a net weight not exceeding 1 kg, including double- and triple-pot tomatoes packed with a weight not exceeding 1 kg.
These measures come in response to the directives of the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and reflect concern for the stability of the local market and the provision of basic products to citizens without a negative impact on the national economy.
