French inflation flat in July, energy prices ease
France’s annual inflation rate remained unchanged at 1.0 per cent in July 2025, according to a provisional estimate…
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Türkiye sees slight relief as inflation drops in April
Türkiye’s annual inflation eased to 37.86 per cent in April 2025 from 38.10 per cent in March despite global market…
Egypt-Sierra Leone trade drops in ’24 – CAPMAS
Trade volume between Egypt and Sierra Leone reached $37.6 million in 2024, down from $57.9 million in 2023, Egypt's…
Türkiye’s inflation rises 38.10% YoY in March ’25
Türkiye's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 38.1 per cent year-on-year in March 2025, with a monthly increase of 2.46…
Eurostat: Euro area inflation eases in Feb. ’25
Euro area annual inflation declined to 2.4 per cent in February 2025, down from 2.5 per cent in January, according…
Euro area inflation up to 2.5% in Jan’25
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.5 per cent in January 2025, slightly up from 2.4 per cent in…
Türkiye’s inflation surpasses expectations in Jan. ’25
Türkiye's inflation rate exceeded expectations in January 2025, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rising by 42.12…
Egypt-Somalia trade exchange surges to $127.7m in ’24
The trade exchange between Egypt and Somalia reached $127.7 million in 2024, a substantial increase from $58.2…
Egypt-Greece trade reaches $1.5b in 11 months – CAPMAS
Egypt's trade exchange with Greece reached $1.5 billion in the first 11 months of 2024, a slight decline from $1.8…
Türkiye to balance tax hikes with inflation goals – FinMin
Türkiye will adjust tax increases on fuel and tobacco in 2025 without jeopardising inflation forecasts, Treasury…
Euro area inflation up in Nov. ’24
The euro area annual inflation rate rose to 2.2 per cent in November 2024, up from 2.0 per cent in October,…
S. Arabia’s WPI up 1.4% in Nov ’24
Saudi Arabia's wholesale price index rose by 1.4 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in November 2024, driven by a 2.7 per…
URGENT: Egypt’s annual inflation slows to 25%
Egypt's general consumer price index (CPI) for November 2024 reached 239.8 points, reflecting a 0.1 per cent…
Turkey’s inflation surge continues in Nov. ’24
Turkey's inflation continued to surge in November 2024, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rising by 47.09 per…
EU consumer spending up in Nov. ’23
EU consumer spending increased by 0.5 per cent in 2023, marking a modest rise compared to the 5.7 per cent increase…
S. Arabia’s wholesale index up by 2.4% in Oct. ’24
Saudi Arabia's wholesale price index (WPI) rose by 2.4 per cent year on year (YoY) in October, driven primarily by…
S. Arabia’s WPI inflation up by 3.1% YoY in Sept
Saudi Arabia's Wholesale Price Index (WPI) increased by 3.1 per cent in September 2024 compared to the same month…
Euro area retail trade volume up in August ’24
The euro area experienced a 0.2 per cent increase in seasonally adjusted retail trade volume in August 2024,…
Turkey’s inflation surges 49.38% Y-o-Y in September ’24
Turkey's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 49.38 per cent annually and 2.97 per cent monthly in September 2024,…
URGENT: Euro area inflation eases to 1.8% in September ’24 – flash estimate
Euro area annual inflation fell to 1.8 per cent in September 2024, down from 2.2 per cent in August, according to a…
Belgium’s inflation eases to 2.9% in August
Belgium’s inflation rate based on the consumer price index (CPI) for August 2024 stood at 2.9 per cent, down from…
Eurozone retail trade grows slightly in July ’24
Retail trade volumes in the euro area and the EU saw slight improvements in July 2024, according to Eurostat data.
Euro area inflation sees 2.2% fall in August amid lower energy prices
Euro area annual inflation declined to 2.2 per cent in August 2024, down from 2.6 per cent in July, according to a…
S. Arabia’s WPI up to 3.1% in July
Saudi Arabia's Wholesale Price Index (WPI) increased by 3.1 per cent annually in July 2024, driven mainly by an 8.3…
UK inflation drops to 3.4% in Feb
UK inflation dropped to 3.4 per cent, hitting its lowest level in 2 1/2 years, aligning with the BOE path towards…
Knowledge Action Change decries exclusion of tobacco harm reduction consumer groups
The UK public health group Knowledge Action Change (KAC), condemns the exclusion of tobacco harm reduction consumer…
Egypt’s Eastern Tobacco increases prices
The new price list for all of Eastern's products was authorized on Thursday 9/11/2023.
SCOHRE sparks discussion on harm reduction, tobacco control
SCOHRE, the International Association on Smoking Control & Harm Reduction, has organised the ‘4th Scientific…
Egypt puts cigarettes manufacturing tender on ice, Reuters
The Industrial Development Authority (IDA) has postponed a tender for a license to set up Egypt’s second tobacco…
Innovative science-based regulations needed to reduce tobacco related sickness, death
Governments and regulators should form science-based, innovation-driven regulations to help reduce tobacco-related…
Egypt raises taxes on all tobacco & cigarette products
Egypt will increase Tobacco and cigarette prices at different rates as of Tuesday after parliament’s approval on…
Oman to introduce 100% tax on tobacco, alcohol by next week
Oman will start imposing 100 percent tax on tobacco, alcohol and pork meat from June 15, as the sultanate follows…
Egypt to work with WHO to combat illicit tobacco trade
Egypt's Cabinet approved on Wednesday measures that go in line with the World Health Organisation's (WHO) protocol…
Egypt’s Eastern Co. sees 20% hike in revenues for FY2019 budget
Egypt's state-owned Eastern Company expected to achieve revenues up to 20 percent in its planning budget of…
Eastern Co. lowers price of Egypt’s cheapest cigarette brand
Egyptian tobacco maker Eastern Company has lowered the price of the country's cheapest cigarette brand Cleopatra…
Egypt to increase tobacco tax revenues to 7.072 bln pounds in FY2018/19
Egypt aims to raise its revenues from taxes imposed on tobacco by 7 billion Egyptian pounds ($395.50 million) in…
Egypt’s president approves bill raising taxes on cigarettes
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified on Thursday amendments to the Value Added Tax (VAT) law that raise…
Cigarette prices won’t be raised until Egypt’s president ratifies tax bill
Egypt's cigarette producer Eastern Company said on Wednesday that it will not raise the price of cigarettes until…
Egyptian Cabinet denies increased cigarette and tobacco prices
The Information and Decision Support Center of the Cabinet denied reports of an increase in the prices of…
Egypt to raise tobacco tax revenues by $397.50mn in FY2017/18
Egypt is planning to raise its revenues from taxes imposed on tobacco to seven billion Egyptian pounds ($397.50…