Potatoes and pomegranates topped agricultural exports in Egypt

A report by the Food Safety Authority revealed that the number of exported food shipments, according to the report of the General Administration Information Center for both exports and imports at the Authority, amounted to 3635 shipments with about 140 thousand tons for 1380 exporting companies, varying between 615 types of vegetables, fruits and various food products. Sweet potatoes topped the list of Egyptian vegetables exported this week as well with 13 thousand tons, followed by beans of all kinds with a total of 8 thousand tons, then onions with a total of 7 thousand tons, and the total number of exported vegetable varieties reached 55 varieties with about 37 thousand tons. Pomegranate also topped the list of exported fruits during the past week with a total of 10 thousand tons, followed by mango with 5 thousand tons, then strawberries with a total of 4 thousand tons, and the total number of exported fruit varieties reached 36 varieties with about 28 thousand tons. Saudi ...