An Economic Study of Sugar in Egypt | ||
| Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences | ||
| Article 4, Volume 14, Issue 3, May and June 2025 | ||
| Document Type: Researches | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/sinjas.2025.363991.1311 | ||
| Author | ||
| Omnia Ahmed Elazazy* | ||
| Economic, Faculty of Technology and Development, Zagazig University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Sugar is one of the most important food commodities in Egypt. The research aimed to identify the economic dimensions of food security for sugar, study the development of the area, productivity and total production of sugar beet and sugar cane, study the current situation of sugar production, as well as identify the factors determining the amount of sugar consumed and sugar imports. The research relied on descriptive and quantitative analysis. Averages, coefficient of variation, time trend rates, some indicators of external trade of the sugar crop, and multiple linear regression were used. The research also relied on published secondary data. One of the most important results of the research was that the average area of sugar cane was about 326.10 thousand acres and the total production was about 15.89 million tons, while the average area of sugar beet was about 369.49 thousand acres and the total production was about 7.69 million tons during the period (2000 – 2022). The average production of raw and white cane sugar was about 1.03 million metric tons, and about 721.41 thousand metric tons were imported, with an average per capita of about 18.69 kg/ year of raw and white cane sugar during the period (2000 – 2022). The average production of beet sugar was about 936 thousand metric tons, and about 131.91 thousand metric tons were imported, with an average per capita of about 11.55 kg/ year of beet sugar during the period (2000 – 2022). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| sugar cane; production; consumption; average per capita | ||
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