Egypt and Saudi Arabia have announced that they will lower import duties on food and related products in order to combat food shortages and rising inflation rates. See http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f9c07fa6-0013-11dd-825a-000077b07658,noOfParas=2,emailFormat=plainText,storyType=ultralight,dwp_uuid=a955630e-3603-11dc-ad42-0000779fd2ac,print=no,_i_email=y.html