Abstract :
Egyptʹs foreign trade characterized continuing increase in agricultural imports compared with agricultural exports ,and agricultural exports represent a significant proportion of the total Egyptian exports, it is one of the main sources of foreign currency needed to the economic development process in Egypt, where the value of agricultural exports reached about 1356. 9 million dollars, representing approximately 11.77% of total exports, while the value of agricultural imports reached about 4241.42 million dollars, representing approximately 15.57% of the total Egyptian imports, and thus the deficit in Egyptian agricultural trade balance about 2882.52 million dollars, and by coverage accounted for about 32% of total agricultural exports to agricultural imports to the average period (2001-2009) and to cover part of this deficit must maximize the export return of the most important agricultural exports, particularly horticultural crops, and especially orange crop. Total average production of oranges reached about 1555.41 thousand tons represents about 2.41% of the amount of world production of oranges to the average period (2001-2009), and achieved the highest amount of production in 2009, where the volume of production is about 21826 million tons, representing about 3.2% of the amount of global production, while the lowest amount of production in 2001, the volume of production is about 936 thousand tons, representing about 1.55% of the amount of global production, while the average amount of its exports reached about 312.43 thousand tons, representing approximately 20.1% of the Egyptian total production, and about 4.2% of the amount of global exports of orange, and the Egyptian orange average value of exports reached about 144.77 million dollars, representing about 10.65% of Egyptian agricultural exports average value, and about 2.3% of the total value of global exports of oranges to the same period, and achieved the highest value of Egyptian oranges exports in 2009, the value of orange exports about 488.44 million dollars, representing about19.2% of Egypt agricultural exports value in 2009, and the lowest value of orange exports in 2002 were it reached about 26.54 million dollars, representing about 3.53% of the value of agricultural exports in Egypt. market share indicator for the amount of Egyptian exports of oranges to the main importing countries, Is one of the competitive Indicators and its height is one of the main goals to increase of foreign sales for any State, and its a height reflect the competitive position of any State Table (5) shows market share of orange to the most important importing countries during the period (2005-2009), where Ukraine market occupies the largest share, that the chance of exporting Egyptian orange has about 52.77% , means that the Egyptian orange has the opportunity to occupy 52.77% of the market of Ukraine, then the Saudi rate of 31.56%, followed by, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Russia, England, the Netherlands, respectively at a rate of 21.37%, 20.17 %, 16.89%, 9.40%, 4.48%, respectively. The price competitive position of the Egyptian orange with the most competitive countries in the period from 2001-2009. this indicator is affected by a number of factors as the most important is its relative price, and by calculating the competitive position of the price of oranges in Egypt, the highest price achieved for Spanish Orange with an average of 684.48 U.S. dollars / ton and the ratio of price between it and the Egyptian orange price is around 1.48% this means that Egypt has the advantage of competitive price in the export of oranges, followed by the export price of Israel, Morocco, Italy, and Turkey where the ratio of price was about1.27, 1.25, 1.06, 1.05% respectively during the period (2001-2009), average prices to these countries amounted to about 588.68, 578.69, 492, 488.41 dollars per ton.
