Abstract: Egyption Journal To Agricultural Research. Vol. 94, No. 2, 2016, P: 483-506.
Despite the economic importance of medicinal and aromatic plants, but the cultivated area represented approximately 0.38% of the total crop area for 2014. the research problem is that exports of medicinal and aromatic plants are limited in size. Which do not exceed the coriander, cumin, wormwood municipal, hibiscus and mint leaves. Marjoram about 15.2%, 34.8%, 10.4%, 26.5%, 5.4%, 28.3% respectively. The research aims to study the factors influencing the decline in the volume of exports by studying the production and export situation of the crops under study and determine the geographical distribution of these exports to determine the export potential within these markets.
Egyptian exports of medicinal and aromatic plants value representing about 3.5% of Egypt's total value of agricultural exports as an average for the period (2001-2014). Which amounted to about $ 86.5 million. It turns out that the average amount of Egyptian exports of coriander, cumin, wormwood, municipal hibiscus, mint leaves and marjoram during this period amounted to about 1385, 837, 784, 1048, 2007, 2705 tons respectively, exports values reached about 1712, 2146, 1829, 1705, 2933, 4396 thousand dollars respectively. The value of these exports represent about 2%, 2.5%, 2.1% 0.2%, 3.4%, 5.1% of the total Egyptian exports value of medicinal and aromatic plants and cut flowers crops, respectively. While exports of production accounted for about 15.2%, 34.8%, 10.4%, 26.5%, 5.4%, 28.3% average for the period of the crops studied, respectively.
The existence of stability in the evolution of the amount of Egyptian exports of these crops during the period studied was found. While showing a lack of stability in the evolution of the monetary value of exports of the studied crops for a total of medicinal and aromatic plants export value, as the value of the concentration time coefficient crops studied is close to zero due to the low price. The endemic schedule coefficient was calculated to determine the points on the Lorenz curve, shows that the degree of endemism of the value of Egyptian exports of the studied crops decline during the period (2012-2014) which means not focusing Egyptian exports from the studied crop value, due to political and economic conditions faced by Egypt.
Libya, Germany, Algeria , the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are the most important countries importing Egyptian coriander during the period (2008-2014) where the amount of Egyptian exports amounted to 1362.6 tons on average for the same period, about 31.4%, 13.4%, 9.1% 0.6% , 5.5%, respectively. The average export price for Egypt for the period is estimated at US $ 1766 / ton, and is the highest export price is to Libya and Germany, where it was about 2048.1743 dollars / ton.
Morocco, Libya and Algeria are the most important countries importing Egyptian cumin, the average amount is about 1298.1 tons, representing about 58.9%, 13.7%, 8.7%, respectively. The average export price for Egypt is estimated at US $ 2837 / ton, and is the highest export price is to Morocco and Libya, where it was about 3045 and 2923 dollars / ton prompt.
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