Egypt became the fourth largest supplier of frozen strawberries to the US in 2022

In 2022, Egypt came out fourth in the ranking of countries supplying frozen strawberries to the US market, EastFruit reports.

The US is the world’s largest importer of frozen fruits and vegetables, including strawberries, actively increasing these imports and being a market willing to pay a premium price for their quality. That is why increasing exports to the United States for countries supplying frozen vegetables and fruits is a major achievement!

Egypt became the fourth largest supplier of frozen strawberries to the United States in 2022, having exported 11 900 tonnes and accounting for almost 7% of all imports in the country. For comparison, Egypt supplied the US market with only 1 100 tonnes of frozen strawberries (slightly more than 1% of the total volume of all supplying countries) five years ago, in 2017, and was the eighth largest exporter in this market.

That is, in five years, Egypt managed to increase the volume of exports to the market of the key importer in the world by more than ten times! Only Latin American countries exported to the United States more than Egypt last year: Peru (20 200 tonnes), Chile (30 400 tonnes), and Mexico (89 000 tonnes).