Egypt's Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation has announced the opening of Pakistani markets to Egyptian onions, marking the start of exports to Pakistan, following successful negotiations and fulfillment of all necessary phytosanitary standards. The total Egyptian agricultural exports have surpassed 4.6 million tons this year, showing a 40,000-ton increase from the previous year. Egypt ranks fourth globally in onion cultivation, with over 228,000 feddans dedicated to the crop, and exports onions to several countries, including Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, as well as dried onions to Holland, Germany, Japan, and Croatia.