Baladi in counts 48 to 113, packed in 15 kg and 8 kg cartons or 600 kg bins. December to February, the first orange off our partner farms in Ismailia each year.
Baladi is the local Egyptian orange and the one that starts the citrus year. It comes in from December, deep in colour and high in juice, and for a few weeks it is the only orange we have. Buyers who need to be on shelf or in production before the main season opens are buying Baladi whether they know the variety name or not.
It juices well, which makes it more versatile than Navel, and it is available in bins as well as cartons for that reason.
Three oranges, three windows, and they are easiest to think about as a relay. Baladi and Navel both open in December and run to February — Navel for the shelf, Baladi for almost anything. Valencia starts in January and carries the season alone through to May.
If you are building a programme rather than buying a container, that overlap is the useful part: December to February you can take either or both, and from March you are on Valencia. A supplier who grows all three can hold a single programme across the whole window without you re-tendering in the middle of it. That is most of the argument for buying citrus from one place.
Classes and calibres across all three follow the UNECE standard FFV-14 for citrus fruit, so a specification written once travels between them.
Packed to order. Counts, cartons and grade all move against your spec — tell us what you need.
| Variety | Baladi (Egyptian local). Considered an early Valencia substitute. |
|---|---|
| Sizes / counts | 48 · 56 · 64 · 72 · 80 · 88 · 100 · 113 |
| Grade | Class I standard. Industrial grade for juice on request. |
| Packing | 15 kg telescopic carton · 15 kg open-top carton · 8 kg telescopic or open-top carton · 15 kg plastic box · 600 kg bins |
| Pallet configuration | 30×40×27 cm boxes · 10 per base × 8 high = 80 boxes per pallet · 20 pallets per 40ft |
| 40ft container load | 1,600 cartons · 24,000 kg net (15 kg carton, 16 kg gross) |
| Shipping temperature | 4–8°C, unbroken cold chain from packhouse to port. |
| Season | December to February. |
| Certification | BRCGS, ISO 9001:2015, GLOBALG.A.P., registered with the U.S. FDA. Halal and Kosher available. Phytosanitary, health and origin certificates with every shipment. |
| Terms & ports | FOB and CIF. Loading Damietta, Alexandria, Port Said or Ain Sokhna. |
Tell us the count, cartons or bins, your volume, destination port and Incoterm — we send the spec sheet, certificates and a quote, usually within 24–48 hours.
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