Egypt Reaps USD 4.04 Billion from Agricultural Exports in 10 Months

Egypt’s agricultural exports exceeded 6.9 million tons between 1 January and 16 October of 2024, in accordance to the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation,  Alaa Farouk.

Exports generated roughly USD 4.04 billion (EGP 196.3 billion), reflecting a major improve of USD 980 million (EGP 47.6 billion) and greater than 574,000 tons in comparison with the identical interval final yr, a report from Mohamed El-Mansy, head of the Agricultural Quarantine Authority, revealed.

Citrus fruits, potatoes, and onions topped Egypt’s agricultural exports, with citrus main the cost at 2,274,295 tons. Contemporary potatoes adopted, accounting for 973,130 tons, whereas onions secured third place with 281,785 tons shipped overseas. 

The report additionally highlighted that beans, each recent and dry, secured the fourth place amongst Egypt’s agricultural exports, totaling 225,035 tons. Grapes adopted intently in fifth place with 179,993 tons, whereas candy potatoes ranked sixth with 153,736 tons. 

Mangoes claimed the seventh spot, exporting 103,003 tons, and pomegranates got here in eighth with 60,624 tons. Tomatoes ranked ninth with 37,146 tons, garlic took the tenth place with 24,237 tons, and strawberries adopted in eleventh with 21,295 tons. Guavas rounded out the listing in twelfth place, with complete exports reaching 12,720 tons.

In accordance to Farouk, Egypt goals to extend its agricultural export revenues to USD 9.2 billion (EGP 446.2 billion) by the top of the present yr, with projections indicating that USD 4.2 billion (EGP 203.9 billion) will come from recent exports and USD 5 billion (EGP 242.9 billion) from processed and frozen agricultural items, based on Farouk.

Egypt exports its agricultural merchandise to all continents and is presently partaking with over 165 world markets, primarily concentrated within the European Union, the Gulf area, Africa, and America, the minister famous in an interview with Al Arabiya Enterprise.