تنمية الصادرات المصرية من محصول البطاطس

Abstract EN

The research aims to promote and develop Egypt's potato exports; hence it focuses on analyzing the current situation of some production and economic indicators.

studying the development of Egyptian export and the competitiveness of this crop in the most important foreign import markets.

also some indicators were analyzed to estimate the competitiveness of Egyptian potato exports in its main foreign markets such as market share.

relative price.

and market penetration rate.

The most highlighted results of the study are that the cultivated area of potato crop amounted to about 292 thousand feddans.

which represents about 17% of the total area of vegetables in Egypt.

estimated at about 1715.34 thousand feddans as the average of the study period.

the study also showed that Egypt export- quantities of potatoes reached about 353.65 thousand ton as an average during the period of the study.

the Russian Federation.

Italy.

Greece and Germany occupied the first positions accounted for about 67.7% of the total of these exports.

it is also evident that the price of Egyptian potatoes’ exports for the State of Kuwait achieved the highest Egyptian export prices reached about 352 dollars / ton representing 108.2%.

while the Egyptian export price to Ukraine reached about 87.6% of the average Egyptian export price of potatoes.

It was about $ 283 / ton.

It was also found that Egypt ranks second in the Russian market with a market share of about 15.9%.

equivalent to about 79.1 thousand tons of the total amount of Russian imports of potatoes.

which amounts to about 457.8 thousand tons.

It occupies the fourth place in the Italian market with a market share representing about 10.7%.

equivalent to about 62.5 thousand tons of the total amount of Italy's imports estimated at 589.31 thousand tons.

also it occupies the first position in the Greece market with a market share representing about 40.7%.

equivalent to about 53.9 thousand tons of the total amount of Greece's imports of about 130.1 thousand tons Egypt ranked fifth in the German market with a market share representing about 7.5%.

equivalent to about 41.9 thousand tons of the total amount of German imports of potatoes.

estimated at about 601.5 thousand tons.

Which stimulates Egypt to increase its exports of potatoes to the markets of Greece and the Russian Federation.

in order to improve its market share in those markets.

The relative price index for measuring the competitiveness of Egyptian potatoes in the most important importing markets indicated that Egypt has a competitive price advantage compared to the most important competitors in the Russian market.

Egypt also outperformed the Netherlands in terms of price competitiveness in the Italian market.

where the relative price was estimated at 0.74.

while it does not have a competitive price advantage in this market compared to France.

Germany.

It was also evident that the Egyptian potatoes’ penetration rate of the most important imported markets was estimated to be 0.17 in the Russian market.

while it was 0.03 in the Italian market.

in Greece it was estimated at 0.05.

and in the Lebanese market it represents 0.11.While it achieved the lowest value within the German market by about 0.004.

due to the weak values of the rate of penetration of Egyptian potatoes in the main importing markets and the presence of intense competition facing exports in those markets As a result of the decline in the volume of Egyptian exports relative to the total imports of these markets of potatoes