Cairo – The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of Egypt announced that the country’s agricultural exports rose year on year and hit over 5 million tonnes for the first time.
Ahmed Al-Attar, head of the Egypt’s Central Administration of Plant Quarantine (CAPQ), said total exports from January through October 4 this year reached 5,019,411 tonnes, up 5.4% or 258,824 tonnes from 4,760,587 a year ago.
Al-Attar stressed that leading agricultural exports were citrus, potatoes, fresh onions, grapes, fresh tomatoes, sweet potatoes, strawberries, fresh beans, guava, garlic, mangoes, watermelons, and pomegranates.
According to a report by the CAPQ, citrus ranked first in exports at 1.63 million tonnes. Fresh potatoes exports ranked second at 855,900 tonnes, and onion exports ranked third at 343,200 tonnes.
Grapes ranked fourth at 150,300 tonnes, while beans ranked fifth at 134,300 tonnes. Egypt’s sweet potatoes exports ranked sixth at 84,200 tonnes shipped.
Pomegranates ranked seventh at 55,700 tonnes, followed by mangoes at 42,200 tonnes. Tomatoes ranked ninth at 35,400 tonnes, while garlic ranked tenth in Egypt’s agricultural exports at 26,500 tonnes.
Translated by Georgette Merkhan & Guilherme Miranda
