CAIRO  - Egypt will pay value-added tax on the freight of imported wheat cargoes until the law is amended to remove those charges, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.

Egypt's cabinet said last week it aimed to amend the VAT law to exempt freight charges from the tax for cargoes imported on a free-on-board or cost insurance and freight basis.

(Reporting by Ehab Farouk and Nadine Awadalla Writing by Aidan Lewis, editing by Louise Heavens) ((Aidan.Lewis@tr.com; +20-1001174410;))