The onion export season in Egypt will start in late February

Published 2021년 1월 13일

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The article highlights the preparation of onion producing and exporting companies for the new export season starting in late February and ending in December, due to anticipated higher profits following floods in India, the primary source of onions. Egypt has secured new contracts for the export of various onion types to numerous countries, including Russia, the European Union, Jordan, the Gulf, and Africa. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, agricultural exports, predominantly citrus, potatoes, onions, beets, pomegranates, grapes, mangoes, fresh garlic, fresh strawberries, fresh beans, guava, and pepper, totaled 5.153 million tons from January 2020 to December 2020. Onions were the third most exported agricultural product, with 431,552 tons.

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Companies producing and exporting onions of all kinds are preparing for the new export season 2021, which begins in late February to December of each year, amid expectations of higher gains due to the exposure of India - the largest source - of floods that devoured the crop during the current period. Mahmoud Muhammad, an onion source from Wadi al-Natrun, confirmed that there are new contracts concluded for the new onion, extending from the end of next February to the end of December. He explained that these contracts include all types of Egyptian onions, white or golden and red during the new season, and Egypt is considered one of the most prominent countries in the world in the production and export of fresh onions of all kinds and colors. Head of the Association of Producers and Exporters of Horticultural Crops "Haya" that many importers in different countries have agreed to import white onions, namely Russia and the European Union countries, golden onions in Jordan, red onions ...

Source: Almalnews