Urgent measures after EU complaint on grapes and 80 distribution stations to reconcile their situation

– Lack of commitment threatens export growth prospects despite the opening of new markets

Ahmed Al- Attar, head of the central administration of agricultural quarantine, said that the quarantine department had reacted quickly after receiving a complaint from the European Union confirming the existence of a problem of harvesting and the non respect of the specifications of the Egyptian importers. Stations where it has been found that only 20 plants of EJ Mali, 110 stations, engage in export conditions.
Al-Attar, in statements exclusive to "Sunrise", that the non-compliance of a number of exporters, even the least important, can totally prevent the export of grapes. Egypt has granted export licenses to export markets, noting that the administration gave the plants 15 days to adjust their terms and review their procedures, and 80 distribution stations were are committed to exporting grapes, the deadline being set by the administration last Sunday. Predicted in previous statements to 'sunrise', the rise in exports Egypt has exported grapes to many other countries in addition to the countries of the EU and China, such as the Saudi Arabia, Canada and Vietnam. He stressed that shipments will be allowed to export and that the violation will not be allowed to export goods.
The Central Administration of Agricultural Quarantine, A number of procedures on the export of grapes, including Taza The issuing companies must have an official register approved by the after-sales service and on behalf of the approved station that processes the shipment In case of violation, the terminal is suspended until the end of the investigation and withdrawal of agricultural quarantine committees. From the source or more of the code at the same time on the production line.
Dr. Safwat al-Haddad, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Agricultural and Monitoring Services said in his previous statements that Egypt's grape exports reached 140 thousand tons in 2017, In the opening of new markets for the export of the product.
Vim Dalia Ybadin, a senior researcher at the Agricultural Research Center, said in an earlier statement to Al-Shorouq that the area cultivated in Egypt is about 200,000 feddans, or about 185,000 feddans, and that Total production of Egypt is about 1.7 million tons per year.
Egypt is one of the most important Arab countries producing high quality grapes with Syria, Palestine, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon and Yemen, Turkey and the United States of America, Spain, France, and Italy. And China in Asia, according to FAO's global food statistics.