According to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of Egypt, the country's agricultural exports rose year on year and hit over 5 million tons for the first time. Ahmed Al-Attar, head of the Egypt's Central Administration of Plant Quarantine (CAPQ), said total exports from January through October 4 this year reached 5,019,411 tons, up 5.4% or 258,824 tons from 4,760,587 a year ago.
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.
According to a report by the CAPQ, citrus ranked first in exports at 1.63 million tons. Fresh potatoes exports ranked second at 855,900 tons, and onion exports ranked third at 343,200 tons. Grapes ranked fourth at 150,300 tons, while beans ranked fifth at 134,300 tons. Egypt's sweet potatoes exports ranked sixth at 84,200 tons shipped. Pomegranates ranked seventh at 55,700 tons, followed by mangoes at 42,200 tons. Tomatoes ranked ninth at 35,400 tons, while garlic ranked tenth in Egypt's agricultural exports at 26,500 tons
Source: menafn.com