This document discusses global and Egyptian trade data for various plants, plant parts, seeds, spices, and essential oils from 2012-2013. It provides statistics on exports and imports by tons for these categories at the world level and specifically for Egypt. For world trade, it shows that China, India, Japan, Korea, the US, Germany, and EU countries are among the largest importers. For Egypt, it presents export and import data from 2009-2013 for various plants and plant parts, seeds, spices, and essential oils; in 2013 Egypt exported 41,743 tons and imported 6,863 tons of plants and plant parts. The document concludes with recommendations to meet producer and consumer demands through new varieties, early production varieties,