Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation El-Sayyed El-Quseir said that the agriculture export sector has witnessed ‘unprecedented successes’, adding the volume of Egypt’s agro exports hit nearly $9 billion in 2023.
For the first time in 2023, the volume of exports increased to 7.5 million tonnes, worth $3.7 billion, in addition to processed agricultural products (PAPs) worth $5.1 billion, the minister said in press statements on Friday.
Egyptian agricultural products are exported to most important international markets, he said. Egypt has ranked first in the world in citrus fruits and frozen strawberry exports, the minister added.
A system of coding and approving export entities has been adopted for nine export crops: pepper, guava, grapes, onions, mango, pomegranate, citrus fruits, strawberries, and peanuts, Quseir said. The step is aimed to implement importing countries’ legislations.
