دراسة اقتصادية لإنتاج و تسويق الفاصوليا الخضراء في مصر

Abstract EN

In spite of the economic importance of green beans in the foreign trade of Egyptian agricultural crops, the volume of Egyptian exports has been affected in recent years, as the amount of exports decreased from about 49.5 thousand tons in 2009 to about 13.6 thousand tons in 2018, and the relative importance of exports declined in relation to For international exports of beans, from about 10.4% in 2008 to about 2.3% in 2018.

Which necessitated and studying internal and external marketing to determine the decline in Egyptian exports, in light of the requirements and standards of health and phytosanitary for the trade of agricultural crops.

The research has relied on achieving its goals on using both descriptive and quantitative economic methods by estimating general time trend functions, and estimating A guide for seasonal fluctuations and forecasting the quantities and prices of green beans in the picnic market, in addition to measuring some indicators of the competitiveness of green beans in global markets.

The most important research findings could be drawn as follows: It was clear from the estimation of the seasonal changes index for the monthly quantities and prices of green beans mentioned in the picnic market in Alexandria during the period (2015-2019) that the seasonal index of quantities is higher than the average during the months of December, January, February, March, April and July, when it reached about 196.1 %, 164.6%, 169.8%, 103.1%, 103%, 107.3% for each of them respectively, while it is lower than the average for the rest of the months of the year, and it has been found that there is an inverse relationship between the monthly seasonal price guide and the monthly seasonal index of quantities.

In the months when supply increases, prices decrease and vice versa.

The quantity of Egyptian exports of green beans ranged between a minimum of about 5.8 thousand tons in 2002 and a maximum of about 49.7 thousand tons in 2008, with an annual average of about 49.67 thousand tons, while the value of exports ranged from a minimum of about 1.9 million dollars in 2001 A maximum of about 63.6 million dollars in 2010, with an annual average of about 30.96 million dollars.

It became clear from the geographical distribution of Egyptian exports of green beans for the average period (2016-2018) that the quantity of Egyptian green beans exported to the most important importing countries amounted to about 16,363 tons, representing about 94% of the total exports of Egyptian green beans.

By estimating the market share of Egypt’s exports in the British market, it reached about 11% of the British market’s imports, and the market penetration index reached about 9%, which indicates the difficulty of penetrating Egyptian exports to the British market, and the price competitiveness index is in favor of Egyptian exports, reaching About 91%, which indicates that price competitiveness is not the basic condition for permeability to the market, but product quality and health requirements have become an increasing role in this field, although the average price of Egyptian green beans is less than that of the most important competitors in the British market, namely Spain and Guatemala by 12.5 %, 15.6% respectively.

It also shows the difficulty of penetrating Egyptian exports to the Belgian and German market, as the price competitiveness index is in favor of Egyptian exports, reaching about 231%, 114%, which indicates the weak price competition of Egyptian green beans in the Belgian market.

This results in the inability of the Egyptian beans to compete, which requires concerted efforts to open new markets, in addition to increasing the quantities exported, and working to reduce the export prices of Egyptian beans to strengthen their competitive position in international markets.