{"id":24126,"date":"2026-01-14T09:55:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=24126"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:56:06","slug":"dominican-republic-is-newest-darling-of-citrus-from-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2026\/01\/14\/dominican-republic-is-newest-darling-of-citrus-from-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic is newest darling of citrus from Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plant Quarantine Authorities in Egypt and the Dominican Republic have okayed the export of citrus fruits from Egypt to the Caribbean nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approval followed satisfactory inspections by a Dominican Republic phytosanitary delegation to Cairo in November 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two nations would then on January 12 officially push back the new export calendar to January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egypt will henceforth ship pomegranates, oranges, grapefruit and tangerines, after years of related citrus fruit peel trade with its bilateral partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North African country last shipped $2.96 million<\/u><\/a> worth of nuts, melons, edible fruits and citrus fruit peel to the island nation in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This indicates that a share of Cairo\u2019s projected 2025-26 fresh orange exports at 1.9 million tonnes will reach its new trading partner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

High Potential at Destination Meets a Balanced Origin <\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Egypt has high hopes that its balanced production will meet seasonal demand by tourists who flock the pristine island destination each summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the Dominican Republic exports much citrus at $8.78 million (2023), it imports even more at $12.6 million, to satiate home demand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of its imports emanate from regional origins such as continental United States, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Belize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egypt in turn enjoys patronage in Europe, the Middle East and Russia, with citrus the top fruit export<\/u><\/a> to the European Union at 500,000 tonnes (2024).    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that it is branching out exports to the Americas, Egypt will find shipping routes there closer than to east Asian markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also low-cost production of citrus, facilitating internationally appealing export prices<\/u><\/a> suitable for the competitive Dominican Republic market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, there is balanced supply at origin: Egypt\u2019s production starts in December for most citrus trees, ahead of the keynote Valencia oranges from mid-February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oranges such as navels and Valencia dominate production and represent 80% of exports ahead of tangerines (10%) and lemons (5.8%).  Incidentally, lemons and oranges are important citrus categories in both the Dominican Republic and Egypt, per the below section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egypt and the Dominican Republic Citrus <\/strong>Statistics <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Though worlds apart geographically, the Dominican Republic and Egypt grow similar citrus fruits like Valencia oranges and lemons. The two countries export a margin of their respective production and import the rest. While the Dominican Republic ranked 55<\/u>th<\/sup><\/u><\/a> worldwide in citrus exports in 2023 at $8.78 million, Egypt was in the top echelons that year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of trade, Egypt exports up to $2.96 million<\/u><\/a> in non-citrus fruits to the Dominican Republic, as of 2024. The Dominican Republic in turn imports around $12.6 million (2023) in citrus value from Latin American neighbors and the United States.  A new citrus trade agreement with Egypt in January 2026 will branch out origins outside the Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding production, lemons lead the Dominican Republic\u2019s citrus acreage at 330,000 tasks<\/u><\/a> (33,000 hectares), as of 2024, according to the Latin American News.  Total national citrus production was at 181,100 tonnes<\/u><\/a> in 2021, the 48th<\/sup> highest worldwide. Initial projections meanwhile put 2026 output at 188,000 tonnes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Egypt, production and trade stats include the below takeaways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Export turnover of fresh oranges represents 20% of Egypt\u2019s forex earnings, according to the USDA\u2019s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS<\/u><\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The FAS forecast Egypt\u2019s orange production in 2025-26 at 4 million tonnes. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. National citrus fruit exports raked in $815.343 billion<\/u><\/a> in 2022, the eighth highest globally – down from $854.966 billion in 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Egypt\u2019s January-July 2023 citrus exports went on to be the highest globally at 4.65 million metric tonnes, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Despite being a net exporter, Egypt also imported citrus worth  $3.3 million <\/u><\/a>from West Asia and Brazil in 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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