Japanese Importer Organizes Egyptian Valencia Orange Program for the 2023 Season

An importer in the Kansai area has arranged a weekly shipment of Egyptian Valencia oranges. Eight containers expect to arrive in Japan during this season in 2023, with the first one anticipated to arrive in early April 2023. The importer tries to promote Egyptian Valencia oranges at a more competitive price, than the US Navel oranges with higher import costs. The importer also sees a business opportunity to promote Egyptian oranges during this April and May 2023, thanks to its seasonality; those two months are when orange entry from the US is mostly with navels, and the US valencia oranges usually do not enter Japan until it finishes its Navel orange supply.