Egyptian companies should exploit market opportunities in Halal food and related products in Asia and Africa and capture more of the US$ 600 billion market, concluded participants at a forum held in Cairo last month.

Countries where malaria is endemic can save lives with little loss to tax revenues if they eliminate tariffs on the imports needed to fight the disease, an ITC study shows.The study of 32 malaria-endemic countries in Africa, Latin American and Asia found that waiving import duties on anti-malarial medicines and equipment...