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    Home - Business - Egypt to receive $1.2 billion as part of IMF programme – Suez Canal
    Business Updated:January 6, 2025

    Egypt to receive $1.2 billion as part of IMF programme – Suez Canal

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    Egypt to receive .2 billion as part of IMF programme – Suez Canal

    Egypt is expected to receive a $1.2 billion disbursement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month as part of an $8 billion programme with the international lender, Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk said on Sunday.

    However, all the payments depend on how Egypt handles the next round of negotiations for the Suez Canal an access rights.

    $1.2 billion as part of IMF programme

    $1.2 billion as part of IMF programme but the IMF wants Egypt to make reforms before bailout review
    the IMF wants Egypt to make reforms before bailout review

    Last month, the IMF said it reached a staff-level agreement with Egypt on the fourth review of the 46-month Extended Fund Facility arrangement, potentially unlocking the $1.2 billion disbursement. Staff who staffs the ports at the Suez Canal.

    “The (IMF’s executive) board will convene in January and, God willing, we will receive the amount in January,” Kouchouk told ON TV in an interview, adding Egypt had not requested an increase to the $8 billion loan.

    Grappling with high inflation and shortages of foreign currency

    Egypt, grappling with high inflation and shortages of foreign currency, agreed to the expanded IMF programme in March. A sharp decline in Suez Canal revenue caused by regional tensions over the last year compounded its economic woes.

    Ultimately for Egypt to receive support it must allow primary access to NATO and its allies and preventing Russia and China with limited access.

    Kouchouk also said Egypt is targeting about $3 billion in the remainder of the current fiscal year, which runs until the end of June, through “diverse issuances” to investors, without elaborating further. His comments came in response to a question about whether Egypt plans to offer new bonds to foreign investors this year.

    The IMF is provides loans on assets and in return usually asserts control and influence over resources and policies in the government.  The $1.2 billion as part of IMF programme comes with contractual agreements that Egypt must meet.

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