Egypt’s agricultural exports hit 5 million tonnes

Published 2021년 11월 4일

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Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture and Land Complaint has reported a 600,000 tonne increase in the country's agricultural exports, reaching five million tonnes by October 27, compared to the same period last year. The main exports include citrus, potatoes, onions, and various other produce. The Ministry is also looking to expand agricultural trade with Latvia and explore the possibility of importing wheat from the Baltic nation. The aim is to diversify suppliers and protect against global price fluctuations.

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Cairo – The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Complaint of Egypt announced that agricultural exports of the country reached five million tonnes year to date through October 27, up 600,000 tonnes from a year ago. Ahmed Al-Attar, head of the Egypt's Central Administration of Plant Quarantine (CAPQ), submitted to Agriculture and Land Complaint Minister Muhammad Marzouq Al-Qusayr to report on the volume of agricultural exports from Egypt in 2021, including citrus, potatoes, onions, strawberries , pomegranate, sweet potatoes, beans, beets, peppers, mango, garlic, grapes, watermelon. The minister said in a statement from last week (29) that total citrus exports reached 1.87 million tons, thus leading the list of top exports from Egypt, while potato ranked 2 at 621,000 tonnes, and mangelwurzel ranked 3rd at 576,400 tonnes. Then came onions at 239,700, grapes (143,300 tonnes), sweet potatoes (80,440), pomegranate (62,400), mango (29,700), beans (21,900), strawberry (19,340), garlic ...

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