Egypt will reduce its orange exports to Southeast Asia, but will still remain a key player in the region

In the current 2023/24 season, Egypt exports one of the smallest volumes of oranges to Southeast Asian countries, but will still remain one of the leaders in the regional market for these fruits, EastFruit reports. Thus, from November 2023 to May 2024, Egypt exported only 42 thousand tons of oranges to key countries in Southeast Asia (excluding Hong Kong and Vietnam), which was one of the lowest figures over the past few seasons. At the same time, a particularly serious decline in the Egyptian presence in the region was recorded in January-February of this year, i.e. during the start of active exports of oranges from Egypt. “Unfortunately, the Red Sea blockade by the Yemeni Houthis dealt a serious blow to Egyptian orange supplies towards Asia at the very beginning of the season. And although Egyptian exports recovered somewhat in March-April, and even reached a record in May, time was lost. As a result, Egypt, for the first time since the 2019/20 season, risks facing a serious ...