Egypt strengthening its position in the Dutch sweet potato market

Egypt continues to hold the position of the second biggest supplier of sweet potatoes to the Dutch market, as reported by EastFruit. In addition, unlike many other supplying countries, Egypt has been increasing its sweet potato exports to the Netherlands year by year.

In the previous MY 2021/22 Egypt exported 42,000 tonnes of sweet potatoes to the Netherlands, while exports in the first nine months of the current MY reached 51,000 tonnes. Considering that exports in May-June are usually rather low, the final result will not change cardinally over two remaining months.

Thus, in the past six marketing years, Egypt has managed to increase its sweet potato exports to the Netherlands at least 14 times! It is also worth noting that Egyptian exports were record high in the period from September 2022 to February 2023, despite starting the season with relatively low volumes.