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ABSTRACT. The main objective of the paper is to analyze the agriculture file of Egyptian and E.U. Partnership Agreement and what is the positiveness and negativeness of the E.U. Association Agreement in the agriculture file. We can notice that effort must be done from the E.U. part to open their market in front of Egyptian products and from the Egyptian side, efforts must be done also in marketing, studying the European consumer needs. We can notice that many Egyptian products did not enter the European market whether because of the quota of E.U. Association Agreement with Egypt or due to the lack of studying the E.U. market.
1. Introduction
The article starts with an overview of the imports of agricultural products in E.U. such as: cut flower and foliage, fresh fruits and vegetables, preserved fruits and vegetables. Then I studied the economic impact of EU/Egypt Association Agreement in the agriculture file, with its positiveness and negativeness. In the last chapter I mentioned the Egyptian products that can enter the European Union market, the possibilities of Egypt to export these items, value of imports, most important suppliers from DC (Developing Countries) and from E.U., markets and commodities Egypt must focus on.
2. E.U. importation of agricultural products
2.1. The cut flower and foliage market in the EU
The EU is the world's leading importer of flowers and foliage, with imports amounting to euro 3.4billion in 2006. Germany was the largest European importer. Due to decreases in imports by Germany, the UK became the largest importer in 2006. Together, they account for nearly half of total EU imports (in value). Only 24% of total imports was imported from outside the EU. However, this share is increasing. The Netherlands is the leading importer of products from outside the EU, accounting for more than half of these imports. A great part of Netherlands imports is re-exported to other countries, in particular Germany. The Netherlands is the main supplier of cut flowers and foliage to other EU member states. Besides The Netherlands, other cut flower suppliers to the EU contributing major shares were Kenya, Colombia, Ecuador and Israel. The EU imports of fresh cut flowers have been dominated by Rosa. Developing countries mainly supply Rosa; and also play...