The Ministry of Agriculture in Egypt agreed to import 160,000 tons of potato seeds

Published 2022년 11월 3일

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Egypt has issued import permits for 160,000 tons of potato seeds, with an additional 150,000 tons still under review. The total application received was for 470,000 tons. The importation of seed potatoes, which started in July and continued until August, is expected to arrive soon. The first shipment, of 3,000 tons, has already arrived from the Netherlands. The potatoes are planted in December and January, and harvested in May and June. The importation of potatoes begins in November of each year.

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Official sources at the Ministry of Agriculture revealed that import permits for potato seeds have been issued so far, amounting to 160,000 tons of the total applications submitted. The sources told Al-Mal that the quantities that were approved do not mean that they are fully received in Egypt, but are subject to a new stage of technical examination, and some of them may be rejected. Al-Mal recently published a report that shipments of seed potatoes, which the Ministry of Agriculture agreed to import for the benefit of companies and farmers, since the start of receiving requests last July until the end of last August, recorded 310 thousand tons, and they will start arriving within days. The ministry studies all applications submitted during the months of September and October, provided that importation begins in November of each year. The sources added that the arrival of the seeds to Egypt began, as a shipment arrived from the Netherlands for the first time for the benefit of the ...

Source: Almalnews