Egypt still the world’s largest exporter of oranges despite covid-19 pandemic

Covid fails to dent Egypt’s position as the world’s largest orange exporter: Egypt remains the world’s largest exporter of oranges, sending 1.3 mn tonnes of the citrus fruit abroad so far this year despite the slowdown in trade caused by the covid-19 pandemic, Xinhua reports. Oranges have accounted for more than half of the 2.2 mn tons of agricultural products exported so far in 2020, official figures show. Egypt overtook Spain to become the world’s largest exporter of oranges in 2018.