Cairo \u2013 The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of Egypt announced that the country\u2019s agricultural exports rose year on year and hit over 5 million tonnes for the first time.<\/p>\n
Ahmed Al-Attar, head of the Egypt\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Grapes ranked fourth at 150,300 tonnes, while beans ranked fifth at 134,300 tonnes. Egypt\u2019s sweet potatoes exports ranked sixth at 84,200 tonnes shipped.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s agricultural exports at 26,500 tonnes.<\/p>\n
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