Custom Dollar

Egypt raises customs dollar to LE 49.56

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 - 12:48 GMT

The announcement came a day after the Central Bank of Egypt's decision to float the Egyptian pound (EGP) and increase interest rates by 600 basis points.

Egypt sets custom dollar at LE 18.64 for essential commodities in June

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 - 02:49 GMT

The price of the customs dollar is the price that the Ministry of Finance used to set for the dollar against the pound on a monthly basis.

Egypt cancels customs exchange rate as of September 1

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 - 11:55 GMT

The ministry attributed the decision to the end of the exceptional circumstances that drove the government to resort to the monthly fixed customs exchange rates.

Egypt keeps custom dollar at LE 16 for essential commodities in August

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 - 10:43 GMT

The custom dollar for non-essential products will be at LE 16.7703.

Egypt keeps custom dollar at LE 16 for essential commodities in July

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 - 09:58 GMT

The custom dollar for non-essential products will be at LE 16.8648.

Egypt to set custom dollar for non-essential commodities at LE 15 in June

Tue, 28 May 2019 - 08:38 GMT

The custom dollar is the price by which the proportion of customs duties and taxes on imports of goods from abroad are calculated.

Egypt keeps custom dollar at LE 16 for essential commodities in April

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 - 12:04 GMT

The custom dollar for non-essential products will be at LE 17.385.

Egypt keeps custom dollars at LE 16 for essential commodities in Jan.

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 - 02:48 GMT

By the end of November, Ma’it announced raising the custom dollar to LE 18 for non-essential products, including cars, some kinds of shoes, furniture and cigarettes.

Will Lifting Tariffs on European Cars Affect Prices?

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 - 09:32 GMT

Officials and experts expect they won’t, but to put things into context we review the Egyptian-European agreement and invite experts to weigh in on likely scenarios once customs tariffs are lifted in January.

Cabinet media center denies several customs dollar exchange rate in money market

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 - 01:44 GMT

The Cabinet's media center denied having several customs dollar exchange rate in the money market in Egypt, saying the Ministry of Finance has categorically denied such reports.

Egypt keeps custom dollars at LE 16 in November

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 - 09:50 GMT

The minister said that the custom dollar rotates around 90 percent of the prevailing dollar price in the banking market.

Egypt keeps custom dollars at LE 16 in August

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 - 01:04 GMT

The minister said that the custom dollar rotates around 90 percent of the prevailing dollar price in the banking market.

Egypt keeps custom dollars at LE 16 in July

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 - 01:05 GMT

The minister said that the custom dollar rotates around 90 percent of the prevailing dollar price in the banking market.

Egypt keeps custom dollars at LE 16 in May

Sun, 29 Apr 2018 - 10:43 GMT

Egypt kept the customs dollars at its current rate of LE 16 to the dollar for the month of May.

Business News Wrap-up

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 - 05:00 GMT

A wrap-up of the most prominent business news of the day.

Egypt keeps custom dollars at LE 16 in April

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 - 01:39 GMT

Egypt kept the customs dollars at its current rate of LE 16 to the dollar for April, the Ministry of Finance said Wednesday.

Egyptian pound's stability keeps custom dollar fixed for January

Sun, 31 Dec 2017 - 10:37 GMT

The average exchange rate for the U.S. dollar stood at LE 17.74 for buying and LE 17.84 for selling at the CBE.

Egypt sets customs dollar exchange rate at LE 16 in September

Mon, 28 Aug 2017 - 09:34 GMT

The new figure is less than the custom dollar exchange rate set for August at LE 16.25, Minister of Finance said.

Egypt sets customs dollars at LE 16.25 in August

Sun, 30 Jul 2017 - 09:03 GMT

The custom exchange rate is 8 percent less than the normal exchange rate.

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