Agricultural exports rise 13% during first 8 months of 2017-18 season

Egypt exported 3.165 mn tonnes of crops between September 2017 and April 2018, up 13% y-o-y from 2.802 mn tonnes during the same period last year, according to an Agricultural Exports Council report picked up by Ahram Online. Egypt’s fresh potato exports were in the lead with 615.9k tonnes, followed by onions with 339.7k tonnes and pomegranates with 146.4k tonnes, according to Ahram Gate. Arab countries were the biggest market for Egypt’s agricultural products, despite having previously imposed several bans on various Egyptian crops.