CAIRO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Egypt's Juhayna Food Industries

JUFO.CA , one of the country's largest dairy product and juice makers, has secured a 500 million Egyptian pound ($73 million) loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), it said on Tuesday.

The company will use the money to finance an expansion of its dairy and juice factories, to produce new products and to upgrade its distribution network, it said in a statement.

Juhayna's share price stood at 13.07 Egyptian pounds at 0857 GMT, slightly down from Monday's close of 13.11.

The EBRD started investing in Egypt in September 2012 and has invested a total of around 70 million euros ($96 million) in the country since then, excluding the Juhayna loan, Philip ter Woort, EBRD director for Egypt told Reuters.

Juhayna, which counts among its clients EgyptAir, Air France

AIRF.PA and several large hotel chains, reported a 23 percent drop in its third-quarter net profit, hurt by muted sales growth and one-off foreign exchange losses. ID:nL5N0IP1LB

Juhayna, which operates seven factories across Egypt and employs more than 4,500 people, expects to begin production at its new Egyfood yogurt plant and a new dairy farm early next year.

($1 = 6.8869 Egyptian pounds)

($1 = 0.7289 euros)

(Reporting by Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Mark Potter)

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