THE EFFECTS OF STANDARD SPECIFICATION ONAGRICULTURAL EXPORTS

The study aims to measure the effect of some standard specification on
agricultural exports and estimate export marketing cost relation , all equation
are estimated by using OLS . There are two types of inspection for agricultural
export , the first and most comerehensive. is a phytosanitary inspection done
by Ministry of Agriculture at the requst of foreign governments and to
standards specified by that government . The purpose is to assure that
products leaving Egypt are not contaminated with pests or diseases that
might be injrious to the agriculture of the importing country i
The second inspection of agricultural export is provided by the General
Organization for Export and Import Control (G O E I C). The inspection is to
assure that Egypt '5 agricultural products meet certain standard which are
intended to protect and enhance the reputation of Egyptian prodce .
The reasults of this study indicated for increasing the agricultural export
thourgh the following :
i— The varieties of agricultural crop , which very import to increase the
productivity per feddan. and increase the chance to exporting of
agricultural crop ( mainly horticultural ) .
2- The quality of characteristics of agricultural product that bear on its ability
to satisfy the stated or implied needs of consumer .
3— The items of marketing cost are effect to increasing agricultural exports,
such as harvest cost, package cost. loss cost, 80 when this costs are high
, the marketing cost become high and when this costs are low, the
marketing cost become low for agricultural crops to exporting.