Egypt – Egyptian Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Al-Quseir, announced the opening of the Kingdom of Morocco’s markets to Egyptian potatoes and the Canadian markets to strawberries.
This came based on a report that Al-Quseir received from Saad Moussa, supervisor of the Egyptian Agricultural Quarantine, stating that the quarantine had succeeded in opening the Moroccan market to Egyptian potatoes, as the Moroccan agricultural authorities (ONSSA) notified the Egyptian Agricultural Quarantine of officially approving the opening of the Moroccan market to Egypt’s agricultural exports of potatoes. And actually start exporting.
The report also reported the success of the quarantine in opening the Canadian market to Egyptian exports of fresh strawberries for the first time, as all procedures for opening Canadian markets to strawberry exports have been completed and all technical requirements for the Canadian side have been met, which enhances the agricultural sector’s contribution to Egyptian national income.
It is worth noting that Mr. Al-Quseir, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, had announced that Egyptian agricultural exports exceeded 2.2 million tons of agricultural products worth regarding 1.5 billion dollars during the first quarter of the current year, an increase of 300 million dollars over the same period of the previous year, despite the global circumstances. Which affects supply chains, as well as the Egyptian state stopping the export of some agricultural products to support the local market.
It is also worth noting that agricultural exports are currently the second largest source of Egyptian national income in terms of foreign exchange, according to the report of the General Authority for Control of Exports and Imports at the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Source: RT
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2024-04-12 05:25:34
