What fresh produce does Egypt export?

Egypt ships oranges, table grapes, potatos, onions, pomegranates, mangos, and strawberries. The calendar on this page gives each one's export window month by month.

When does Egypt export oranges?

Egypt ships oranges January–April, with May and December at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

Which ports does Egypt export fresh produce from?

Alexandria, Damietta, and Port Said. The load port is worth knowing because the lane's transit — and so the shelf life left on arrival — is measured from it.

Season calendar

Egypt fresh produce export calendar

When Egypt ships oranges, table grapes, potatoes, onions, pomegranates, mangoes and strawberries, month by month, out of Alexandria and Damietta.

Load ports: Alexandria, Damietta, and Port Said
Produce covered: Orange Table grapes Potato Onion Pomegranate Mango Strawberry
Lanes out of here: Egypt → Rotterdam

Peak — shipping in volume Shoulder — opening or closing Export windows out of the origin, not arrival weeks. Add the lane's transit.

Egypt fresh produce export calendar: which produce ships in which month.
Produce	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Orange January–April peak · May, December shoulder	January: Peak	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Peak	May: Shoulder	June: Not shipping	July: Not shipping	August: Not shipping	September: Not shipping	October: Not shipping	November: Not shipping	December: Shoulder
Table grapes May–July peak · April, August shoulder	January: Not shipping	February: Not shipping	March: Not shipping	April: Shoulder	May: Peak	June: Peak	July: Peak	August: Shoulder	September: Not shipping	October: Not shipping	November: Not shipping	December: Not shipping
Potato February–May peak · January, June shoulder	January: Shoulder	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Peak	May: Peak	June: Shoulder	July: Not shipping	August: Not shipping	September: Not shipping	October: Not shipping	November: Not shipping	December: Not shipping
Onion March–June peak · February, July shoulder	January: Not shipping	February: Shoulder	March: Peak	April: Peak	May: Peak	June: Peak	July: Shoulder	August: Not shipping	September: Not shipping	October: Not shipping	November: Not shipping	December: Not shipping
Pomegranate September–November peak · August, December shoulder	January: Not shipping	February: Not shipping	March: Not shipping	April: Not shipping	May: Not shipping	June: Not shipping	July: Not shipping	August: Shoulder	September: Peak	October: Peak	November: Peak	December: Shoulder
Mango July–September peak · June, October shoulder	January: Not shipping	February: Not shipping	March: Not shipping	April: Not shipping	May: Not shipping	June: Shoulder	July: Peak	August: Peak	September: Peak	October: Shoulder	November: Not shipping	December: Not shipping
Strawberry December–March peak · April, November shoulder	January: Peak	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Shoulder	May: Not shipping	June: Not shipping	July: Not shipping	August: Not shipping	September: Not shipping	October: Not shipping	November: Shoulder	December: Peak

Last reviewed August 2026. Windows are editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule, and they are export weeks out of Egypt rather than arrival weeks in your market.

Egypt is the origin that sits on the shipping lane rather than at the end of one. Alexandria and Damietta are days from Southern Europe and a week or so from the North Sea ports, and Port Said sits at the mouth of the Suez Canal on a route half the world’s boxes already travel. That proximity is the whole commercial argument: Egyptian fruit arrives in Europe fresher than anything from the Southern Hemisphere and cheaper than anything from Spain.

The calendar is a Northern Hemisphere one, and it is deliberately early. Egyptian oranges land while Spanish fruit is still on the tree, Egyptian grapes land in the gap between the end of the Southern Hemisphere programmes and the start of the European harvest, and Egyptian potatoes land into the months when European stores are running down. Almost every window here exists because it is a few weeks ahead of somebody else’s.

Orange

January–April peak · May, December shoulder Varieties: Valencia, Navel, Baladi

Roughly December to May, and it is the biggest thing Egypt ships. Egyptian Valencias land while Spanish fruit is still on the tree and undercut it on price, which is most of the commercial argument.

Egypt orange: window and arrival weeks · Orange across every origin

Table grapes

May–July peak · April, August shoulder Varieties: Early Sweet, Flame, Superior

Roughly May to July, landing in the gap between the end of the Southern Hemisphere programmes and the start of the European harvest. Egypt is the first Northern Hemisphere origin of the year for table grapes.

Egypt table grapes: window and arrival weeks · Table grapes across every origin

Potato

February–May peak · January, June shoulder

Roughly January to June, landing while European stores from last season are emptying and before the new European crop is lifted.

Egypt potato: window and arrival weeks · Potato across every origin

Onion

March–June peak · February, July shoulder

Roughly February to July, into the gap between European harvests. Like the potatoes, this is a storage crop sold on timing.

Egypt onion: window and arrival weeks · Onion across every origin

Pomegranate

September–November peak · August, December shoulder Varieties: Wonderful, Baladi

Roughly August to December. The harvest itself is short — about September to November — but pomegranates store for months afterwards, so the shipping season outlasts the picking by a wide margin.

Egypt pomegranate: window and arrival weeks · Pomegranate across every origin

Mango

July–September peak · June, October shoulder Varieties: Keitt, Zebda, Sedeek

Roughly June to October, serving the Mediterranean and Gulf markets in the months when the American origins have finished.

Egypt mango: window and arrival weeks · Mango across every origin

Strawberry

December–March peak · April, November shoulder

Roughly November to April out of the Nile delta, on the same counter-season logic as the Spanish and Moroccan crops.

Egypt strawberry: window and arrival weeks · Strawberry across every origin

FAQ

What fresh produce does Egypt export?: Egypt ships oranges, table grapes, potatos, onions, pomegranates, mangos, and strawberries. The calendar on this page gives each one's export window month by month.
When does Egypt export oranges?: Egypt ships oranges January–April, with May and December at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.
Which ports does Egypt export fresh produce from?: Alexandria, Damietta, and Port Said. The load port is worth knowing because the lane's transit — and so the shelf life left on arrival — is measured from it.

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