Egypt exported record volume of dates to Morocco in 2022/23 season

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Published Oct 27, 2023

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Egypt has set a historical record for date exports to the Moroccan market in the 2022/23 season, increasing supply volumes by two and a half times. Egypt now ranks second in the largest date supplier countries to Morocco. The increase in exports is due to Egypt's status as the largest producer of dates in the world, and trade between the two countries is growing rapidly.

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In the 2022/23 season, Egypt set a historical record for the export of dates to the Moroccan market, increasing supply volumes in this direction by two and a half times, EastFruit reports. Such rapid growth in exports allowed Egypt to also take second place in the ranking of the largest date supplier countries to Morocco. Thus, from October 2022 to September 2023 (i.e., over 11 months of the current season), 32 thousand tons of dates were exported from Egypt to Morocco. This figure is 2.5 times higher than for the entire 2021/22 season, and twice the average export volume for the previous four marketing years! At the same time, unlike the previous season, Egyptian exporters managed to significantly extend the period of their presence in the Moroccan market, setting records for deliveries at the very beginning from October to December. “Morocco is the second largest importer of dates in the world, despite quite significant volumes of its own production. Moreover, dates for Morocco ...

Source: Eastfruit