Jan - Apr Vegetables Egyptian garlic
Allium sativum · Beni Suef & Minya
Pack formats
Open-top carton
Season
Jan - Apr
▸ Vegetables · 6 programs
Egyptian vegetables.
Two harvests per year for potatoes, year-round greenhouse tomatoes, and onion programs that bridge European supply gaps. All cured and graded to EU Class 1 and beyond.
4 programs in season this month: Golden onion, Potatoes, Red onion, Tomatoes.
Jan - Apr Vegetables 
Apr - Aug Vegetables Golden onion
Allium cepa · Minufiya & Beheira
Pack formats
Mesh bag 10 kg
Season
Apr - Aug
Feb - Jun, Sep - Dec Vegetables Potatoes
Solanum tuberosum · Upper Egypt (spring) & Nile Delta (autumn)
Pack formats
Mesh bag 10 kg
Season
Feb - Jun, Sep - Dec
Apr - Aug Vegetables Red onion
Allium cepa · Minufiya & Beheira
Pack formats
Mesh bag 10 kg
Season
Apr - Aug
Aug - Mar Vegetables Sweet potatoes
Ipomoea batatas · Beheira & Nile Delta
Pack formats
Carton 5 kg (air)
Season
Aug - Mar
Year-round Vegetables Tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicum · Nubaria, Beheira & Sinai
Pack formats
Carton 2 kg
Season
Year-round
▸ The program
The year-round backbone, programmed.
Vegetables are the category that never leaves the water. Greenhouse and open-field tomatoes ship twelve months a year; potatoes run two distinct harvests — February–June and September–December — timed almost exactly against the European storage trough; and red and golden onions run April through August, arriving as EU old-crop stocks tire.
Garlic ships fresh January through April and from cold store year-round, across White, Balady, Red and dried forms with stem and bulb cut to spec. Baladi sweet potatoes — orange-flesh, 300–600 g tubers — run August through March, a program UK and EU retail increasingly source from Egypt over longer-haul origins.
Everything is cured, graded and packed to EU Class 1 and beyond, with the volumes that make vegetable economics work: 25–28 tonnes per 40-foot container depending on product and pack.
▸ Compare programs
Every program, side by side.
| Program | Season | Brix | Calibres / specs | MOQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garlic | January – April (cold-store year-round) | — | Stem 20/15/12/10/8/5/2 cm · Bulb 80/75/70/65/60/55/50/45/40 mm | 1 × 40' container / 24 pallets |
| Golden Onion | April – August | — | — | 1 × 40' container / 24 pallets |
| Potatoes | February – June · September – December (two harvests) | — | 45–75 mm standard for EU supermarket programs | 1 × 40' container / 24 pallets |
| Red Onion | April – August | — | — | 1 × 40' container / 24 pallets |
| Sweet Potatoes | August – March | — | Tuber size 300–600 g | 1 × 40' container / 24 pallets |
| Tomatoes | Year-round (greenhouse and open-field) | — | Length 3–5 cm | 1 × 40' reefer / 24 pallets |
▸ Seasonality across vegetables
When each vegetable program is in window.
| This | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables | ||||||||||||
| Egyptian garlic | In season (1) | In season (2) | In season (3) | In season (4) | ||||||||
| Golden onion | In season (4) | In season (5) | In season (6) | In season (7) | In season (8) | |||||||
| Potatoes | In season (2) | In season (3) | In season (4) | In season (5) | In season (6) | In season (9) | In season (10) | In season (11) | In season (12) | |||
| Red onion | In season (4) | In season (5) | In season (6) | In season (7) | In season (8) | |||||||
| Sweet potatoes | In season (1) | In season (2) | In season (3) | In season (8) | In season (9) | In season (10) | In season (11) | In season (12) | ||||
| Tomatoes | In season (1) | In season (2) | In season (3) | In season (4) | In season (5) | In season (6) | In season (7) | In season (8) | In season (9) | In season (10) | In season (11) | In season (12) |
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▸ Packing & cold chain
Packed to spec, shipped cold.
Onions and potatoes ship in 10, 15 and 25 kg mesh bags, 550 kg wooden bins or 1,250 kg jumbo bags — with buyer-spec retail packs on request. Potatoes grade 45–75 mm for EU supermarket programs. Garlic packs span open-top and telescopic cartons, nets, mesh bags and baskets from 2 to 20 kg.
Temperature discipline is product-specific: potatoes at 6–8 °C (never below 4), sweet potatoes at 13–15 °C (never below 12 — chilling injury), tomatoes pre-cooled to 10–12 °C, onions in reefer or ventilated dry containers. Curing protocols for onions and garlic are part of the spec, not an extra.
▸ Destination notes
Programmed by market.
European Union
New-crop potatoes and onions timed against the EU storage gap, graded to Class 1, in Rotterdam or Hamburg in 8–14 days. Phytosanitary certificate and Certificate of Origin standard; EUR.1 on request.
United Kingdom
Washed, graded and retail-packed to UK multiple specifications — sweet potatoes are the fastest-growing UK line. Felixstowe and Tilbury in 10–13 days.
GCC
Volume wholesale programs — onions, potatoes, garlic — move on 4–7 day reefer sailings or daily overland refrigerated trucks into Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf.
▸ Frequently asked
Buyer questions, answered.
When are Egyptian onions in season for export?
Red and golden onions ship April through August — the window when European old-crop storage runs down. Cured to international standard and loaded 25–28 tonnes per 40-foot container in mesh bags, bins or jumbo bags.
How do Egypt’s two potato harvests work?
The spring crop ships February through June and the autumn crop September through December — together they bracket the European storage trough. Spunta leads the varieties, with Diamant, Lady Rosetta and Hermes by program, graded 45–75 mm for supermarket spec.
Is Egyptian garlic available outside the fresh season?
Yes. Fresh garlic ships January through April; cold-store programs extend availability year-round. White, Balady, Red and dried forms, with stem length and bulb calibre cut to your specification from 2 to 20 kg packs.
What is the Egyptian sweet potato window?
August through March. Baladi orange-flesh sweet potatoes at 300–600 g tuber weight, shipped at 13–15 °C — never below 12 °C — in 6 kg cartons (3,400 per 40-foot container) or 10 kg mesh bags (25 tonnes per container).
What is the minimum order for vegetable programs?
One 40-foot container per product — roughly 24 pallets or 25–28 tonnes depending on pack. Mixed-product programs across the category can be built once a relationship is running; allocations are confirmed in writing against your PO.
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