الكفاءة التصديرية للصادرات المصرية من محصولي البطاطس و البصل

Abstract EN

Export is considered an important element to achieve economic growth as it is the main component of the state’s foreign exchange income needed to finance economic and social development programs, Potatoes and onions crops are among the most important export crops in the Egyptian agricultural sector.

The research aims to study the current geographical distribution of Egyptian exports of potatoes and onions in various foreign markets, with the aim of identifying the most important market and re-distributing these exports by developing alternative models that achieve the maximum export return during the forecast period (2023-2025).

The results showed that Russian Federation is the most important importing country for potatoes crop from Egypt, where the quantity exported to it is 271 thousand tons, represents about 40.6% of the total Egyptian exported potatoes, which about 667.4 thousand tons with an estimated value of about 1.35 billion pounds , during the period (2016-2018), followed by Greece, Lebanon, Italy and the UAE, where the amount of exports reached 63.5, 59.2, 51.9, 47.4 thousand tons to each of them respectively .

The results also showed that the KSA is the most important country importing onion from Egypt, where the quantity exported to it is about 256 million tons, represents about 52.5% of the total Egyptian exported onions, which amount to about 488 million tons , with an estimated value of 1.36 billion EGP during the period (2016-2018), followed by Russian Federation, Netherlands, UAE and Oman, where the amount of exports reached 58.7, 31.2, 25.7 and 16.5 thousand tons to each of them respectively.

The results of the proposed optimal distribution expected from the potatoes crop in Egypt during the period (2023-2025) also showed that the export revenues achieved from this model during this period will be about 6250.5 million EGP, by directing exports to each of Russian Federation, Lebanon, UAE, Syria and Qatar to reach about 431.7, 77, 113.3, 59.3 and 82.7 thousand tons respectively during this period.

The results of the proposed optimal distribution expected from the onion crop in Egypt during the period (2023-2025) indicated that the export return achieved from this model during this period will be about 4,633.6 million EGP, and this can be achieved if the quantities exported to KSA, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to 449.1, 87.1, and 109.2 thousand tons respectively during this period , and the quantities exported to Kuwait reduced to 4.4 thousand tons.

The results of the study also revealed an increase in the export efficiency of potato and onion crops from about 97.1% and 77.5%, respectively, as an average for the period (2000-2002) to about, 107% 110.9% for the same crops as an average for the period (2016-2018).