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Egypt suffering from sugar crisis despite largest sugar factory in the world

Sugar prices have recently witnessed a record rise in Egypt despite the country’s opening of the largest sugar production plant earlier this year.

Egyptians buy sugar from a truck as the country suffers from a sugar shortage, Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 26, 2016.
Egyptians buy sugar from a truck as the country suffers from a sugar shortage, Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 26, 2016. — Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images

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