Egypt sets a record for fruit and vegetable exports to Germany in 2023

Last year, Egypt managed to export a record volume of fresh, frozen and dried vegetables and fruits to Germany, EastFruit reports. In total, German importers imported over 190 thousand tons of Egyptian vegetables and fruits in 2023, exceeding the previous year’s figure by almost a quarter! The bulk of Egyptian supplies (about 85%) to the German market accounted for only 5 product categories - ware potatoes, frozen garden strawberries, fresh grapes, fresh onions and oranges. At the same time, for almost each of the top five products, the volumes of Egyptian exports to Germany were characterized by significant growth compared to the previous year. Thus, exports of potatoes from Egypt to the German market increased by 17% to 65 thousand tons, supplies of fresh grapes rose one and a half times to 21 thousand tons, and sales of onions and oranges more than doubled to 16 thousand tons and 10 thousand, respectively. .tons At the same time, Egyptian exports of frozen strawberries were ...