Citrus crops are one of the most important food crops
that provide people with vitamins and mineral salts necessary for
the prevention of diseases. The higher the demand for these citrus
crops, the higher the educational level and food awareness of
individuals on the one hand, and the increase in the population on
the other. and thus, the promotion of citrus crops is essential and
vital to cope with the increase in domestic demand for citrus
resulting from the steady increase in the population on the one
hand and the increase in income and purchasing power on the
other. Perhaps the most important findings of the study are:
1-With regard to the productive indicators of the study's crops
(orange, yosef and salty lemon) in Egypt, there has been an
increase in both the productive area and the average production
and total production of the orange crop estimated at 6.75
thousand acres, 0.06 tons, 83.76 thousand tons, respectively.
There has also been an increase in the tangerine crop estimated at
approximately 0.29 thousand acres, 0.11 tons and 13.39,000 tons
respectively. There was also a decrease in the salt lemon crop
estimated at about 0.14 thousand acres, an increase of 0.10 tons
and 2 47,000 tons respectively.
2-The results of the analysis of the food balance and foreign trade
of the study's crops show an increase in both exports, export price
and export value of the orange crop estimated at 0.19 thousand
tons, 93.35 thousand tons, 339.68 pounds and 545097.1 thousand
pounds. With regard to tangerine crop, there has been an increase
in both exports, export price, export value available for
consumption, and the amount of loss estimated at 11.41 thousand
tons 408.82 pounds, 75729.0 thousand pounds, 1.55 thousand
tons, 4.03 thousand tons. For the salt lemon crop, there was an
increase in both exports, export price, export value and lost
amount estimated at 6.35 thousand tons, 401.10 pounds, 41731.7
thousand pounds, 2.51 thousand tons