Egypt is strengthening its position in the Dutch sweet potato market

Published 2023년 7월 13일

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Egypt is the second largest supplier of sweet potatoes to the Dutch market and has been increasing its exports to the Netherlands year after year. In the past six marketing years, Egypt managed to increase its sweet potato exports to the Netherlands at least 14 times. This growth is attributed to the devaluation of the Egyptian pound, drought in Europe, and substantial work on quality improvement by Egyptian suppliers.

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Egypt continues to hold the position of the second biggest supplier of sweet potatoes to the Dutch market, as reported by EastFruit. In addition, unlike many other supplying countries, Egypt has been increasing its sweet potato exports to the Netherlands year after year. Graphical Representation of Sweet Potato Imports from EgyptIn the previous MY 2021/22 Egypt exported 42,000 tonnes of sweet potatoes to the Netherlands, while exports in the first nine months of the current MY reached 51,000 tonnes. Considering that exports in May-June are usually rather low, the final result will not change cardinally over two remaining months. Thus, in the past six marketing years, Egypt has managed to increase its sweet potato exports to the Netherlands at least 14 times! It is also worth noting that Egyptian exports were record high in the period from September 2022 to February 2023, despite starting the season with relatively low volumes. Graphical Representation of Total Sweet Potato Imports ...

Source: Potatopro