{"id":267876,"date":"2020-02-18T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T03:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=267876"},"modified":"2020-02-17T15:50:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T18:50:08","slug":"egyptian-companies-wish-to-sell-dates-to-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/egyptian-companies-wish-to-sell-dates-to-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian companies wish to sell dates to Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai \u2013 Egyptian date exporters are looking into the Brazilian market. At Gulfood, the Middle East\u2019s biggest food and beverage show, Egyptian Export Center HB and the Orient Group both said they\u2019re interested in selling to Brazil. Egypt is the biggest date producing country in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Egyptian Export Center HB export manager Basma Al Banna (<em>pictured above<\/em>) told ANBA this Monday (17) that the company has been in business for 32 years now and ships product to over 25 countries, primarily in Africa and Asia. In the Americas, the company\u2019s dates are available in Argentina and Canada. It also sells spices and fruit, like oranges and limes, but dates are the flagship product.<\/p>\n<p>The company produced 7 million tonnes of dates in 2019, with exports accounting for 95% of total sales. \u201cWe\u2019re looking to get specifically into Brazil, a great market for doing business, but one where there\u2019s lots of competition when it comes to dates,\u201d said Al Banna. Brazilians usually purchase either Medjool dates \u2013 which are grown in places like Palestine and Israel \u2013 or Deglet Nour dates, which come from countries including Tunisia, according to the executive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur variety is semi-dry dates, which are low cost since there\u2019s no need for refrigerated shipping containers \u2013 unlike Medjool and Deglet Nour. Those will last eight months, while ours will last 18 because there isn\u2019t much moisture,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Al Banna believes Brazil needs more information on Egyptian dates. Last year, Egypt harvested close to 1.1 million tonnes of dates. \u201cMany people don\u2019t even know there\u2019s dates in Egypt. We\u2019re the biggest date producing country in the world. Our dates are really good, they last longer and are cheaper and easier to ship,\u201d she said. Egyptian Export Center HB sells dates from brands Baraka, Maryam, and Sondoss.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-267876 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/egyptian-companies-wish-to-sell-dates-to-brazil\/egito-2-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/egito-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-267850\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-267850\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-267850'>\n\t\t\t\tRawya, of the Orient Group, in action at Gulfood\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/egyptian-companies-wish-to-sell-dates-to-brazil\/egito-3\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/egito-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-267853\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-267853\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-267853'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Egyptian pavilion at Gulfood\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Rawya El Masry, the accounts manager for the Orient Group, told ANBA that the company exports its entire date output and accounts for 30% of total date exports from Egypt. \u201cWe are the biggest date exporter in the country,\u201d the manager said. \u201cWe want new markets, new opportunities. Unfortunately, I don\u2019t have the funds to go to Brazil, so I come to events such as Gulfood to get in touch,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-267847\">Bruna Garcia\/ANBA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian Export Center HB and the Orient Group, which export mainly to Africa and Asia, are looking into the Brazilian market. Egypt is the biggest date producing country in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2305,"featured_media":267847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[9803,13920,1771,13921,13918,13922,13923],"class_list":{"0":"post-267876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-opportunities","8":"tag-egypt-en","9":"tag-basma-al-banna-en","10":"tag-dates","11":"tag-egyptian-export-center-en","12":"tag-orient-group","13":"tag-orient-group-en","14":"tag-rawya-el-masry-en"},"wps_subtitle":"Egyptian Export Center HB and the Orient Group, which export mainly to Africa and Asia, are looking into the Brazilian market. Egypt is the biggest date producing country in the world. 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