Mango Industry in Egypt

C.E.L.F expands its performance in exporting fresh fruits and vegetables and expanded its business to include Mangoes production for export. We applying different marketing strategies to exporting Mangoes as exotic fruits with strong emphasis on the need to tap into new markets and provide high quality not quantity to capture a long-term international base.

Varieties grown in Egypt include "Sokary", "Taymour", "Zabadia", "Hindi", "Dues" Alfonso", "Mabrouka", "Pairi", "Dabsha", Kete, kent, Tomy Atken and "Golek".

Yield and production

The area of cultivation increased; production increased from 110,000 tons in 1987 and 140,000 tons in 1994 in 1996 160,000 tons, and is estimated to reach 837,000 tons in 2010. Estimates for yield vary from 2 to as much as 10 tons/feddan.

The main production areas are El Sharkia (31%), El-Ismailia (23%), and Giza (17%). The production season is from end of July to December. The export period is usually from mid August to mid December. This market is very important and prosperous for the Egyptian mango, especially due to its closeness and production period.

Egypt has several advantages including availability of labor, land extension, and variable climatic conditions. Egypt also has an advantage compared to other countries in terms of production time, since mango is produced mostly in August, September and October, which is late compared to Mexico and relatively early compared to Brazil, which starts its exports in late October.

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