VOL. XLIV

No 51

17-December-2001

EGYPT

EgyptianImporters Still Face Dollar Crunch Despite Reinstatement Of Documentary Credits

Despite the Egyptian Governmentsreinstatement of documentary credits as a method of import financing, (followingtheir earlier abolition), the country is still facing a dollar shortage, whichis being acutely felt by importers. When the government rescinded an earlierdecision to scrap documentary collections last month, the Egyptian pound, whichhad slumped on the black...