إمكانيات تنمية التجارة الزراعية بين مصر و دول حوض النيل

Abstract EN

The study aims at identifying the potentials of increasing the volume of trade exchange especially agricultural crpos between Egypt and Nile Basin countries through studying the production and consumption of food in these countries for the most important agricultural groups and market capacities for crops and agricultural products which represent opportunities for the development of agricultural trade between Egypt and Nile basin countries, and how to transfer the surplus of these crops and agricultural products to increase the volume of trade exchange.

The Nile Basin countries, including Egypt, produce many agricultural groups such as cereals, pulses, vegetable oils, vegetables and fruits.

The rates of self-sufficiency vary from one country to another and vary from one group to another.

The study recommends expanding Egyptian foreign trade with Nile Basin countries where crops such as rice, dry beans, onions, tomatoes, green beans, oranges, grapes, frozen vegetables, dry vegetables, molasses and potatoes can decrease the deficit of the basin countries, and crops and products such as sesame, coffee, tea, tobacco, corn flour and bran, can fill the deficit of Egypt, where the large surplus of it in Nile basin countries.

COMESA can be a starting point for the development of trade relations with Nile basin countries through the inclusion of other countries in the Free Trade Area and taking Sudan as a transit gateway for Egyptian products to the markets of Nile Basin countries.