Egyptian date exports to Malaysia experienced a significant increase in the first quarter of 2022, reaching $2,301 million, which is nearly double the amount from the same quarter in the previous year. This growth brings the total exports for the first quarter to just under the value of the whole year in 2021. Malaysia's import of dates also saw a 33% increase during the same period, with Egypt being the fifth largest exporter to Malaysia in the first quarter of 2022. Hani Ezzat, the head of the Commercial Office in Kuala Lumpur, emphasized the importance of obtaining a halal mark for products exported to Malaysia, a country that distinguishes halal products from those that are intrinsically halal.