Egypt is now the third largest exporter of citrus to China

Egypt is now the third largest exporter of citrus products to China, Xinhua reports. Citrus exports started out with 23,000 tonnes in 2015 and reached 101k tonnes last year, chairman of Egypt's Horticultural Export Improvement Association (HEIA) Mohsen Al Beltagy told the Chinese newswire. Only the US and South Africa are ahead of Egypt as exporters to China. Egyptian citrus products have been outperforming global peers with recent projections seeing our oranges taking the lead in global exports.