The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation announced an increase in the volume of Egypt's exports of onion to India to hit 114,000 tons against 380,000 in the same period last year.

Dr Saad Moussa, the head of agricultural quarantine, said in statements on Monday Egypt managed to open the door of the Indian market widely before Egyptian onion.

He added that negotiations are underway with other countries such as Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia to open their markets before Egypt's agricultural products, pointing out that the Chinese market received this year some Egyptian agricultural products.