the edible oil production line milling sector in Egypt

Edible Oil Production in Egypt: An Overview

  • the edible oil production line milling sector in Egypt
  • the edible oil production line milling sector in Egypt
  • the edible oil production line milling sector in Egypt
  • the edible oil production line milling sector in Egypt

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  • How much oil does Egypt eat a year?
  • Currently, Egypt consumes about 2.5 million tons of edible oils annually. Only, about 48.5 thousand tons of this quantity is produced by oilseed extraction in local extraction plants. About half of this quantity is produced mainly from cottonseed produced as a byproduct of cotton ginning industry.
  • Which vegetable oil is imported by Egypt?
  • Table 2: Quantities of various vegetable oils imported by Egypt from 2015 to 2018 in ton). It is clear that palm oil is the major oil imported by Egypt whereby it represents about 60% of total imported oils in 2018 while the quantity imported from corn oil is the least being about 3% in the same year.
  • What are the processing steps in edible oil industry?
  • As pre-mentioned, in case of edible oil industry, these processing steps include the steps of crude oil extraction from oilseed, removal of free acids by chemical and physical methods, de-colorization of neutralized oil using bleaching earth and the step of deodorizing the bleached oil.
  • Do cotton seeds contribute to Egypt's production of vegetable oils?
  • Cotton seeds contribute to Egypt’s production of vegetable oils by about 90% (Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, 2007 ). The area cultivated by cotton was 993 thousand feddans in 1990, but it declined to 471 thousand feddans in 2007.

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