Egypt continues to drive the US out of the EU sweet potato market

Published Aug 14, 2023

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Egyptian sweet potato exporters have significantly increased their sales to the EU market, with exports growing at an average annual rate of 69% since 2022/23. The Netherlands remains the main destination for Egyptian sweet potatoes, with its share varying from 69% to 77% of total exports to the EU-27 countries. France is the second most important destination, but imports only one fifth of the sweet potato volumes that the Netherlands does.

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Egypt will again export record volumes of sweet potatoes to the EU market. Egyptian sweet potato exporters have increased their sales to the EU-27 at least 14 times since 2022/23, gradually displacing their main competitors in this market, EastFruit reports. EU countries, peaking in August-December. Since then, exports have grown at an average annual rate of 69%, reaching 74,200 tons in the first 11 months of 2022/23 (July-May). In addition, the period of Egyptian exports to the EU-27 has been significantly extended and now lasts all year round, with the largest volumes still being exported in September-March. Egyptian sweet potato exporters mainly focus on sales to the Netherlands among the EU-27 countries. Although exports to other countries have also increased, the Netherlands is still the main destination for Egyptian sweet potatoes and its share varies from 69% to 77% in the total sweet potato export from Egypt to the EU-27. Other interesting countries for Egyptian exporters ...

Source: AGF