CURRENT SITUATION OF EGYPTIAN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES WITH COMMON MARKET COUNTRIES FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (COMESA)

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Dept. Econ. and Rural Develop., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

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The research aims to identify the development of foreign trade with regard to some agricultural commodities between Egypt and the economic blocs in the various sectors. The problem of the research was that the Egyptian trade balance suffers from a continuous deficit with regard to some agricultural commodities, so it is necessary to promote Egyptian exports in general and Egyptian agricultural exports in general. Special and development to confront this deficit, The descriptive analytical statistics approach was followed to identify and use some mathematical methods to achieve the goal of the research. The research concluded that oranges accounted for the largest share of Egyptian agricultural exports to COMESA countries at a rate of about 10.28% of Egypt’s total agricultural exports. This is in addition to the fact that the state of Libya had the largest share of Egypt’s agricultural exports to the COMESA countries, as that country’s share amounted to about 46.92%. Tea accounted for the largest share of Egyptian agricultural imports from COMESA countries at a rate of about 63.77%, in addition to the fact that Kenya had the largest share of Egypt’s agricultural imports to COMESA countries, as that country’s share amounted to about 67.13% of Egyptian agricultural imports to COMESA countries.

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Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 13, Issue 2
March and April 2024
Pages 274-286

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