دراسة اقتصادية لتنافسية محصول البطاطا في أهم أسواقه الخارجية

Abstract EN

The research problem is summed up in the decrease in the quantity and value of Egyptian exports of sweet potatoes in relation to the total agricultural exports during the period (2001-2020), and the research objective was to study the reasons for the decline in Egyptian sweet potato exports in the global market.

the results of the research revealed that the most important importing countries for the crop are England, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia, with a total percentage of exports of 68.6% during the period (2015-2020), while the percentage of the value of exports to the three countries amounted to 69.7%.

the most important countries competing for the Egyptian crop in the English market were America and China, and in the Dutch market, America and Costa Rica.

as for the Saudi market, the crop ranked first in terms of quantity and value.

it was also shown that the market share of the crop increased in the English, Dutch and Saudi market from the period (2015-2017) to (2018-2020), and the crop had a price advantage in the English market over the Guinean crop, and in the Dutch market over the crop of Costa Rica and Belgium, and in the Saudi market it was Egypt has a price advantage over other countries.

by studying the Boston model, it was found that the crop is found in the classification called bright stars in the case of the English and Dutch market, while it is in the classification called question marks in the case of the Saudi market, and the research reached some recommendations, the most important of which are : -cultivation of the preferred varieties with the specifications required from the import markets and that suit the consumer's tastes and needs .

-opening new markets for the crop by preparing marketing studies on the target markets.

-using modern technology in agriculture to improve the quality of the crop.