Issued by the Central Agency for Public Mobilizationand Statistics study on the "wheat (production - consumption - Support - imports)" during the period (1985/1986 2007/2008) and was the most important indicators:

• The cultivated area for wheat, 2.9 million feddans in 2007 / 2008 while 1.2 million feddans in 1985 / 1986, an increase of 141.7%.

• The average productivity per feddan 2.73 tons / acre for 2007 / 2008 and was 1.60 tons / acre common 1985 / 1986, an increase of 70.6%.

• The volume of domestic production of wheat, 8 million tons in 2007 / 2008 while it was 1.9 million tons in 1985/1986, an increase of 321.1%.

•  The total crop area 15.2 million feddans in 2007 / 2008 summarized the wheat-cultivated area of 2.9 million acres, 19.2% of the total crop area.

• Average price Elms sponsored 2553 pounds per ton in 2007 / 2008 while he was 225 pounds per tonne in 1985/1986, an increase of 1034.7%.

•  Net income amounted to 5412 pounds per acre 2007 / 2008 and was 297 pounds in 1985/1986, an increase of 1722.2%.

• The quantity of wheat to the resource sectors of its branches in governorates 1562 thousand tons in 2007 / 2008 while it was 143 thousand tons in 1985/1986, an increase of 992.3%.

• The quantity available for consumption of 14.5 million tons in 2007 / 2008 while 9.1 million tons in 1985 / 1986, an increase of 59.7% due to the reflection of the impact of population growth on consumption, where the population grew to 75.2 million in 2007 / 2008 while 47.8 million people in 1985/1986, an increase of 57.3%.

• Decreased the gap between production and consumption to 6.6 million tons in 2007/2008 by 45.2% of the amount available for consumption while 7.2 million tons in 1985/1986 increased by 78.7% of the amount available for consumption.

• The average per capita 183 kg in 2007/2008, while 182 kg in 1985/1986, an increase of 0.5%.
  Self-sufficiency rate of 54.8% in 2007/2008 while it was 21.2% in 1985/1986, an increase of 158.5%.

• The value of commodity support Supply 16444 million pounds in 2007/2008 while it was 1982 million pounds in 1985/1986, an increase of 729.7%.

• Support the value of wheat and flour 14217 million pounds in 2007/2008 while the 305 million pounds in 1985/1986, an increase of 4561.3%.

• The volume of subsidized wheat 7.8 million tonnes in 2007/2008 while it was 4.8 million tons in 1985 / 1986, an increase of 62.5%.

• Support tons of wheat varied from year to year, rising to 1819 pounds per tonne in 2007/2008, while 64 pounds per ton in 1985/1986 due to world price fluctuations and thus fluctuations in import prices and changes in dollar-pound exchange rate.

• Percentage of wheat to the total support of subsidies for basic commodities (bread, oil, sugar) 84.7% in 2007/2008 while it was 67.3% in 2002/2003.

• Bread subsidies amounted to 15222 million pounds, or 92.6% of the total support of Supply in 2007/2008 while it was 3024 million pounds, or 73.6% of the total support of Supply in 2002/2003, an increase of 403.4%.

• Total AMS 55703 million pounds in 2007/2008 singled wheat subsidies 14217 million pounds, up 25.5% of the total AMS, while 4930 million pounds in 2000/2001 singled wheat subsidies 1637 million pounds, or 33.2% of the total AMS.

• The proportion of bread subsidies of 0.5%, 1.7% of GDP during the period (2000/2001- 2007/2008) The proportion of support Supply of 0.9%, 1.8% during the same period of the gross domestic product.

• The volume of imports of wheat and flour adapter 7.4 million tons in 2007/2008 while it was 6.8 million tons in 1985/1986, an increase of 8.8%.

• Ratio of imports to the amount available for consumption and 50.7% cover 6.1 months in 2007 / 2008 while it was 74.8% and covers 9 months of 1985/1986 and increases the importance of imports rise in the number of months covered by the consumption of wheat imports, which illustrates the risk of dependence on the foreign market and its changes for goods food such as wheat.

• The percentage of wheat imports to total imports of agricultural and food 20.5% in 2007/2008 while 35.5% of the total imports of agricultural and food in 1985/1986.

• The percentage of imports of wheat to total imports 3.7% in 2007/2008 while it was 10.9% in 1985/1986.

• Varied the value of wheat imports denominated in pound dollar exchange rate during the study period, reaching 1468 million dollars in 2007/2008 while the $ 560 million in 1985/1986, an increase of 162.1%.