The season for fresh mandarins is almost coming to an end, after which the focus will shift to the mandarins that have been put in storage. There was high demand for mandarins from Egypt this season, and one exporter expects demand to remain high for the remainder of the season.
Mohamed Elkhtib is the export manager for Egyptian produce exporter Zamel for import & export. According to him, the Egyptian mandarins have been in high demand this year: “The mandarin season was very good for our company, I would imagine it’s the same for other Egyptian mandarin producers and exporters. Demand during the season has been very high up until now, as the quality of our Murcott mandarins has been very high this year. Also, the Russians have banned the Turkish mandarins in October, leaving more space in the market for the Egyptian mandarins. In November however, Turkey resumed exports to Russia.”
The Egyptians have had heavy competition this year, but Elkhtib states they’ve been able to sell their mandarins regardless. “For us, the biggest challenge has been competing with the Moroccan mandarins. However, we’ve already sold huge quantities in Asia, the Gulf countries, Europe, Africa and Russia. So we’ve done well in this regard. There has been an unexpectedly high level of demand in France, Kenya and Mauritius.”
Fortunately, the conflict in Ukraine has not led to a decrease in sales overall, Elkhtib explains: “As far as I can see, the Ukrainian war has not had an impact on our sales overall. However, we only have two to three weeks left until the storage season begins. For the past few weeks the demand has been very high, and this probably won’t change once we started exporting the mandarins that are now in storage. Demand for the stored mandarins has been on a solid level every season.”
For more information:
Mohamed Elkhtib
Zamel For Import & Export
Tel: +201090646606
Email: sales@zamelfruit.com
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