Figure 6: Development of MED’s exports to the EU and preferential quota for oranges
Morocco
Cyprus
• Exports
■ Quota
Table 5: Orange quota filling rates (orange exports in % of quota)
|
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 | |
|
Morocco |
132 |
106 |
91 |
86 |
59 |
54 |
39 |
35 |
33 |
26 |
26 |
21 |
25 |
46 |
|
Israel |
32 |
33 |
23 |
17 |
28 |
58 |
57 |
47 |
35 |
27 |
27 |
15 |
12 |
12 |
|
Cyprus |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
38 |
25 |
18 |
16 |
19 |
21 |
19 |
19 |
|
Egypt |
279 |
347 |
264 |
92 |
184 |
105 |
61 |
54 |
50 |
68 |
95 |
170 |
195 |
114 |
|
Tunisia |
75 |
69 |
72 |
73 |
73 |
64 |
45 |
69 |
61 |
69 |
61 |
61 |
48 |
53 |
|
Average |
130 |
139 |
113 |
67 |
86 |
70 |
48 |
46 |
39 |
41 |
46 |
58 |
60 |
49 |
Sources: Eurostat (various issues), European Union (various issues), own calculations.
The corresponding quota filling rates, equal to the orange exports in percentage of the total
orange quota, are given in Table 5. Morocco’s and Egypt’s orange exports actually exceed
their quotas in some years during the 1990s, but fall below afterwards. Morocco’s filling rate
has been under 50% since 1997. The removal of the TRQ in 2004 caused an increase of the
filling rate in that year. Egypt exceeds its quota in 2002 to 2004 due to the rise of Egyptian
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