This year, Egyptian potato exports to the EU market are expected to reach at least three-year high, as reported by EastFruit. European importers’ growing interest towards Egyptian produce was connected both with low potato production in the EU and the economic situation in Egypt. In the beginning of the current year it had been already obvious that Egypt would increase its fruit and vegetable exports under conditions of devaluating pound, which made its produce more price attractive in the foreign markets.
Egypt has already exported 211,000 tonnes of potatoes to the EU in the first four months of the current year. This result is the highest since 2021 and almost equal to 2020, with higher exports to the EU in January-April registered in 2019 – 230,000 tonnes.
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