埃及农业部计划进口 1 5 0t化肥 ,以缓解国内化肥短缺引起价格上涨的状况。 2 0 0 3年 3月份 ,由于化肥短缺 ,埃及市场化肥价格每吨上涨 30埃镑 (约 5美元 )。 5月份 ,埃及黑市化肥价格每吨高达 1 0 0 0埃镑 (约 1 72美元 )。这是近 5年来埃及化肥价格涨幅最大的 1年。埃及公共 Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture plans to import 150 tons of fertilizers to ease the situation of rising prices caused by the shortage of domestic fertilizers. In March 2003, due to a shortage of chemical fertilizers, the price of fertilizer in the Egyptian market increased by 30 Egyptian pounds (about US $ 5) per tonne. In May, the Egyptian black market price of chemical fertilizers per tonne was as high as 1.00 Egyptian pound (about US $ 72). This is the past 5 years the highest increase in the price of fertilizer in Egypt a year. Egyptian public