Official delegation to visit Saudi Arabia to resolve pepper, strawberry exports issue
INDUSTRY MINISTER TO OBLIGE EXPORTERS TO REGISTER THEIR FARMS TO TIGHTEN CONTROL, IMPROVE QUALITY
Head of the Agriculture Export Council (AEC) Abdel Hamid Demerdash said that an official delegation chaired by the minister of trade and industry and minister of agriculture will soon visit Saudi Arabia to discuss the kingdom’s ban on pepper and strawberry exports with concerned ministers there.
He noted that all Arab countries have lifted the ban on importing Egyptian exports of vegetables and fruits except Saudi Arabia for strawberries and peppers.
“This situation needs to be addressed as the Arab market accounts for more than 45% of Egyptian agricultural exports,” he stressed.
Saudi Arabia issued a decision to prevent the entry of Egyptian exports of agricultural crops, which was followed by some other Arab countries because of issue with some shipments of Egyptian exports.
In a statement to the press on the sidelines of the Egyptian participation at the Fruit Logistica exhibition in Berlin, which ended on Friday, Demerdash said that he is in the process of issuing a decree from the minister of industry and trade obliging exporters to register their farms to facilitate follow-up of their production in the future, where farmers, terminals, and packaging stations will be registered and data will be printed on the packages to track farms in case of problems arising.