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FAS Cairo anticipates Egypt to maintain its position as the number one orange exporter in MY 2021/22 despite production challenges.

Egypt’s food and beverage manufacturing and processing sector suffered about $2.2 million (about a 10 percent decrease in sales) due to diminished tourism as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Office of Agriculture Affairs (Post) forecasts refined sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2021/22 to increase by approximately 2.6 percent or 75,000 metric tons (MT) to reach 2.85 million metric tons (MMT).

Marketing year 2019/20 was another record year for U.S.-origin soybean exports to Egypt.

In market year (MY) 2021/22, cotton area harvested is forecast to increase seven percent to 70,000 hectares (ha), from 65,000 ha in MY 2020/21.

The 2020 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world. This summary lists only the United States’ primary trading partners.

One of the largest ships in the world was refloated and moving through the Suez Canal after being stranded and blocking the crucial global transport lane for more than a week.