Dubai - Egypt has imposed a $101.35 per ton tax on exported sugar effective until the end of the year.
The decision was published in Egypt's legal journal.
Egypt cancelled a temporary tariff levied on sugar imports in February after completing an investigation into possible dumping of the commodity.
It had imposed the 20% tariff in 2015 for 200 days following a filing to the World Trade Organisation to safeguard domestic producers from a damaging surge in imports.
Egypt consumes around 3.2 million tons of sugar annually but produces just over 2 million tons