Monthly average prices for beans in Egypt 2019-2023, by type

As of May 2023, the monthly average price per kilogram for broad beans, crushed beans, and dry beans in Egypt stood at 36.66 Egyptian pounds (1.19 U.S. dollars), 33.53 Egyptian pounds (1.08 U.S. dollars), and 48.61 Egyptian pounds (1.57 U.S. dollars), respectively. For each type of beans, there were increases of some 0.27 percent, 1.3 percent, and 4.94 percent from the preceding month, and this was the peak in the period under review.
The mean prices of crushed beans and dry beans were relatively more stable than of broad beans, which price was at the lowest at 22.67 Egyptian pounds (0.73 U.S. dollars) per kilogram in September 2021, while the price of crushed beans was at its lowest at 19.75 Egyptian pounds (0.64 U.S. dollars) per kilogram in August 2021. By its turn, dry beans' average price was lowest at 25.83 Egyptian pounds (0.84 U.S. dollars) per kilogram in August 2021.