Gov’t targets increasing grape exports by 25% y-o-y this season

The Agriculture Ministry wants to increase grape exports by 25% y-o-y to 126k tonnes during the current season that spans May to November, Al Borsa reports. An agreement signed by the ministry last year with Chinese companies is expected to boost grape exports, food producer Belco’s Chairman Sherif El Beltagui says. China imported only about 20 tonnes of grapes from Egypt in 2015, but this can increase to 20k if the right promotion campaigns are implemented, says El Beltagui.