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Egypt keeps driving the US out of EU sweet potato market

Egypt will again export record-breaking volumes of sweet potatoes to the EU market. Egyptian sweet potato exporters have raised their sales to the EU-27 at least 14 times since the MY 2022/23, gradually driving their key competitors from this market, reports EastFruit.

In the MY 2017/18, Egypt exported just 5,300 tonnes of sweet potatoes to the EU countries, with the peak registered in August-December. Since then, exports were annually growing by 69% on average and reached 74,200 tonnes in the first 11 months of the MY 2022/23 (July-May). In addition, the period of the Egyptian exports to the EU-27 has extended considerably and now lasts all year round, with the largest volumes still exported in September-March.

Egyptian sweet potato exporters focus mainly on sales on the Netherlands among the EU-27 countries. Although exports to other countries have also been growing, the Netherlands is still the main destination for Egyptian sweet potatoes, and its share varies from 69% to 77% in the total sweet potato exports from Egypt to the EU-27.

Other interesting for Egyptian exporters countries include the south of the EU (Italy, Spain), Scandinavia (Sweden), and the so-called new EU members (Slovenia, Romani, Hungary), etc. France is now the second after the Netherlands most important destination for the Egyptian sweet potato exports among the EU countries. However, France still imports from Egypt just a fifth of the sweet potato volumes exported to the Netherlands.

For more information: east-fruit.com

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