AN ECONOMIC STUDY FOR SOME FACTORS AFFrcnNG COTTON PRODUCTION IN EGYPT

Cotton was an important cash and expc!rt crop in form sector and
considered the major row material to the spinning wearing and ready made
garment industries.
This research aim to study the most important factors affecting the
Egyptian cotton sector in terms of domestic cotton production productivity,
cotton area production costs, farm prices, net revenue, exports and the effect
of industrial fiber consumption during the period (80 - 2001).
The results showed that there was annually decrease in the area,
production and exports by 24 - 68 thousand feddan, 142.62 thousand kentar
and 8.02 thousand tons.
The results pointed annual increase in the farm price, total costs net
revenue by 23.2 l.E., 70.4 l.E. and the 69.2 L.E. respectively.
The most Important factors affecting cotton export were the
productivity, export price, world consumption. The increase in synthetic tiber
consumption lead to increase in cotton consumption.