Irish beef exports to Egypt are due to resume this week after a five-year break due to concerns about the problem of BSE in Europe, according to the Sunday Business Post newspaper.
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Egypt stopped buying Irish beef in 2000 because of the BSE crisis, but has been relaxing its restrictions in recent years due to safety controls introduced as a result of the crisis.
Despite the relaxation, little Irish produce has been sent to Egypt until this week, when a shipment of 700 tonnes is expected to mark the formal resumption of trade.
Beef exports to Egypt were worth more than €200m (US$242m) annually at their peak in the late 1990s.
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