Egyptian orange exports up by 10%

Egypt is likely to retain its position as the world’s sixth largest orange producer and the second biggest exporter in MY2013/2014. Post forecasts orange production at roughly 2.5 MMT with exports at 1.1 MMT, up 10 percent compared to the previous season. This increase in production and exports is attributed to the increase in total area harvested and the number of fruit bearing trees. Fresh domestic consumption is likely to increase less than 1 percent or 10 TMT at approximately 1.375 MMT. Roughly 63 percent of the total crop is consumed fresh, while 3.6 percent is consumed as juice.

In MY2012/2013, the European Union, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq were Egypt’s top export markets and post foresees no major export destination changes for this new marketing year. South Africa is Egypt’s main export competitor in the leading export markets. Other competitors include Turkey, Spain, Morocco, the United States, China, Australia, and Argentina.

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