Egypt increases orange exports to Brazil

Egypt continues to build up its position in the orange market in Brazil despite the Brazilian orange production being almost five times as high as the Egyptian one, as reported by EastFruit. Egyptian oranges arrived in the Brazilian market just in 2020, but then the volumes climbed drastically.

Egypt signed the Free-Trade Agreement with MERCOSUR (a South American trade bloc) back in 2017, but the first test batches of Egyptian oranges arrived in Brazil in 2020 (75 tonnes). A year after, the Egyptian orange exports to Brazil reached 3,600 tonnes, and in 2022 exports stood at 11,800 tonnes. The same volumes were registered in the first half of the current year.

It is quite interesting that Egypt managed to enter the market of Brazil despite its status as the global leader in orange production. In 2022, Brazil harvested almost 17 mln tonnes of oranges, while the Egyptian production totaled just 3,6 mln tonnes, just a fifth of the Brazilian volumes. Nevertheless, Brazilian oranges are mostly utilized for processing into orange juice; therefore, the country indeed has the demand for fruits for the fresh market.