Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, Ali Al Moselhi, announced the official prices for tourist bread.  The pricing came as follows: 150 piasters for bread weighing 80 grams, 75 piasters for 40 grams, and 50 piasters for 25 grams.

The ministerial decision also included the price of Vienna bread at 150 piasters for 50 grams and 100 piasters for 35 grams.

An official spokesman for the Ministry confirmed that every violation of bread prices and circulation is punishable by Article 9 of Decree-Law No. 163 of 1950. 

Additionally,  every violation of the weight of bread produced is punishable by Law No. 281 of 1994.

Recently, Al Moselhi added that this reduction in the prices of tourists’ bread, came in line with the recent decline in flour prices ranging between 30% and 35%.

It’s worth noting that in Egypt there are two types of bread, one of them is the tourist bread which is unsubsidized bread that a citizen buys without a ration card.

The free or tourist bread has no official regulation. This absence of regulation allows various bakeries to sell loaves with different weights and set prices according to their discretion.

The pricing of these bread loaves is determined by factors like the type of flour used and the economic status of their customers.

The second one is the subsidized bread, which is sold at a fixed price and weight. This subsidized bread can be purchased exclusively through state-issued bread ration cards.