Togo’s organic soybean exports to the EU surged by 115% in 2019

Agriculture
Tuesday, 09 June 2020 14:16
Togo’s organic soybean exports to the EU surged by 115% in 2019

(Togo First) - From 19,700 tons in 2018, exports of organic soybeans from Togo to the European Union (EU) were at 42,300 tons (+115%) in 2019, a recent report revealed. 

This makes Togo the largest exporter of the crop to the Old continent, before China (28,200 t) and India (21,600 t). In Africa, Uganda was the next biggest exporter of organic soybeans to the EU in 2019 with 2,300 t shipped; it is the 7th worldwide. 

Soybeans, most produced organic product in Togo

Soybeans is the most produced organic product in Togo and around 300,000 people work in this sector. It made up nearly 95% of Togo’s organic foods exports to the EU in 2019 (which totalled 44,684 t). 

Ayi Renaud Dossavi

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