Egyptian agricultural exports of vegetables and fruits to various countries of the world increased during the current season, so far amounting to about 2.88 million tons, as reported by the Agriculture Ministry’s Central Administration for Agricultural Quarantine on Friday.
There has been a remarkable rise in Egypt’s citrus and potato exports, where exported citrus fruits totaled about 1.19 million tons, while exported potatoes totaled about 672,000 tons. Egypt’s exports of other crops like onions, beans, strawberries, , eggplant, pepper, pomegranate, mango, and grapes also increased, the report stated.
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Abdel Moneim El-Banna said that the increase in Egyptian agricultural exports abroad is due to the recent efforts exerted by the ministry to ensure the safety and quality of Egyptian agricultural crops as a whole, whether for domestic consumption or for export internationally.
He said that the agricultural measures taken to ensure the quality of Egyptian agricultural crops in order to preserve the reputation of Egyptian agriculture internationally and increase their export ability also contributed in the increase of their exports.
