South Korean firm expresses interest in importing Egyptian orange

CAIRO – 2 May 2024: South Korea's Hansan Global expressed interest in importing orange from Egypt in a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli Wednesday and that included the representatives of 15 major Korean companies.

It is noted that in the first quarter of 2024, Egypt exported 1,199,916 tons of citrus. In 2023, the size of Egypt's orange exports to the European Union (EU) recorded over 500,000 tons.

Further, between October 2022 and February 2023, Egypt was the largest orange exporter to Southeast Asian countries (Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, and Cambodia) during that period.