Egypt and Morocco continue to gain a foothold in Japan's frozen strawberry market

Egypt and Morocco have managed to significantly strengthen their positions in the Japanese frozen garden strawberry import market in 2023-2024, EastFruit reports. Particularly noticeable was the increase in Morocco's presence in the Japanese market, which five years ago was only the fifth largest supplier in this direction. In turn, Egypt continues to consistently hold second place in the ranking of frozen garden strawberry exporters to Japan. Last year, Egypt exported 5.4 thousand tons of frozen garden strawberries to the Japanese market, and Morocco - 4.4 thousand tons. Together, these two North African countries took a share of 35% of the total volume of supplies of this product to Japan and were only slightly behind suppliers from China, which, according to the results of 2023, sent 10.7 thousand tons of frozen garden strawberries to the Japanese market. In the first half of the year, the positions of Egypt and Morocco in the Japanese market strengthened even more ...