Egypt reduces date exports to Indonesia but still remains largest supplier

Published Jun 6, 2024

Tridge summary

Indonesia has imported significantly less dates from Egypt in the first nine months of the 2023/24 season due to a blockade of the Red Sea by the Yemeni Houthis. Despite this setback, Egypt remains the leading supplier of dates to Indonesia. The reduction in imports is also attributed to increased imports from Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Indonesia, with the largest Muslim population in the world, is the world's eighth largest importer of dates by tonnage and the sixth largest buyer by dollar value. The country's date import volumes usually peak in January-March.

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In the first nine months of the current 2023/24 season (July-March), Indonesia has quite significantly reduced imports of dates from Egypt, EastFruit reports. However, Egyptian exporters of these products still confidently maintain their status as the number one supplier to the Indonesian market. Thus, from July 2023 to March 2024, Indonesia imported just under 15 thousand tons of dates from Egypt, which is more than a quarter less than in the same period of the previous season. And given the fact that there are practically no supplies from Egypt to the Indonesian market in April-May, we can already conclude that the current season for Egyptian exporters to Indonesia will be the most unsuccessful in recent years. Read also: Egypt can dramatically increase date exports in the coming years and become a world leader The main reason for the decrease in supplies from Egypt to Indonesia is the blockade of the Red Sea by the Yemeni Houthis. This fact is easily noted in Indonesian import ...

Source: Eastfruit