date:Mar 13, 2019
oranges. That was twice the amount of oranges harvest 20 years before that: 1.5 million tonnes. For comparison: Spain harvested more than 3.3 million tonnes of oranges in that same year. This corresponds to an increase of 18 per cent in 20 years.
Exchange rate and labour costs
The Egyptian sector profits from various sectors that make the citrus appealing on the global market. The Russian boycott of European and later Turkish citrus contributed to the chances for Egyptian exporters. Besides, la