Garlic

Garlic

Garlic was known still in times of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen. Since old times in different countries it was laid special magic emphasis. Garlic has expressed curative properties & was used in medical terms since Hippocrates till our days. Nowadays, it’s difficult to imagine a plenty of national dishes without garlic. The Southern & Western Asia is the birthplace of this so valuable bulb.

The leaders of global fresh garlic market are China with the share of more than 40%, India (2%), Egypt (1%) & Russia (1%). The Russian import volume amounts nearly 52 150 tons. China is the main garlic importer to Russia. Its share of total garlic import volume is 89% by the results of 2014.

Our company offers the products from China & Egypt. The China season lasts from August till February. The garlic from Egypt is available since February till April.


countryvarietyclasssizepackaging
Egypt

White Garlic

1 class 3-4 / 4 / 5 / 5,5 / 6 / 6,5 sm bag 10 kg
China

White Garlic

1 class 5-5,5 sm bag 10 kg, cardboard 10 kg

Beneficial features:

THE NUTRITIONAL VALUEMICROELEMENTS (100g):VITAMINS (100 g):

Food fibers – 2,1 g
Carbohydrates – 33,06 g
Proteins – 6,36 g
Energy value: 149 kcal

Kalium  – 401 mg 
Phosphorus – 153 mg
Calcium – 181 mg
Sodium – 17 mg
Magnesium – 25 mg
Ferrum – 1,7 mg
Manganese – 1,672 mg
Cuprum – 0,299 mg
Zinc – 1,16 mg
Selenium – 14,2 mcg

А - 9 IU
С - 31,2 mg
B1 - 0,2 mg
B2 - 0,11 mg
РР - 0,7 mg
B5 - 0,596 mg
B6 - 1,235 mg
B9 - 3 mcg
E - 0,08 mcg
К - 1,7 mcg

Varieties:

There are two types of garlic by seeding time: fall-seeded & spring-planted.

  • The fall-seeded garlicis planted out by teeth on the eve of winter. 
  • The spring-planted garlic is seeded into the ground in early spring & grows permanently since spring till autumn, passing the same stages as the fall-seeded one.

There are early, middle-early, mid-season, middle-late & late varieties by the ripening period.


Country of Origin:

China is the biggest global exporter. The china garlic export volume increased to more than double in the period since 1992 till 2000 & it became the biggest one in exporting of this vegetable all over the world. Nowadays this country grows nearly 40% of all global output.

Egypt has the same garlic overall produce as Russia does. The only difference is that the main part of Egypt produce is oriented to exporting. The main exporting variety is white garlic.