Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation in 2020 managed to achieve an unprecedented boom regarding agricultural exports, reaching about 5.2 million tons, at a value of about US$2.2 billion. Egypt ranked first globally in orange exports, surpassing world leader Spain. The total volume of Egypt’s exports of orange by the end of 2020 amounted to about 1.6 million tons. Egypt ranked first in frozen strawberries exports, while total exports during the period from January 2021 until now amounted to 3.7 million tons. The number of markets that were opened for Egyptian exports during the year 2020 so far reached 11 export markets for six export crops.


Source:   Egypt Independent
September 23, 2021 12:22 UTC