The Competitiveness of Egyptian Grapes Crop in the Most Important Global Markets | ||
| International Journal of Environmental Studies and Researches | ||
| Volume 1, Issue 3, December 2022, Pages 285-299 PDF (594.46 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original scientific articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijesr.2022.297089 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Aida Allam* 1; Mohamed Mahmoud2; Shaima Mahmoud1 | ||
| 1Environmental Studies & Research Institute, University of Sadat City | ||
| 2Food Technology Research Institute - Agricultural Research Center | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Although Egypt’s production of grapes crop amounted to be 1.18 million tons in 2020, its value was estimated at about 8.123 billion pounds, representing about 14.7% of the total value of Egypt’s production of fruits, which is estimated at 49.647 billion pounds. The value of its exports amounted to be 235.77 million dollars, representing about 5% of the value of Egyptian agricultural exports, which is around 5.17 billion dollars, The decrease in the amount of Egyptian exports of exported grapes and subjected to intense competition within its most important import markets, leading to instability, fluctuation and decline, thus so it is necessary to analyze the competitive situation of the Egyptian grapes within the most important global markets. The results of this research indicated during the study period (2017-2021) that Egypt ranked the (13th) among the most important grapes -producing countries, with an average production of about 1.77 million tons, representing about 2.25% of the average world production of grapes. Egypt ranked the (11 th) among the countries exporting fresh grapes, with an average quantity of about 201.2 thousand tons, representing 4.9% of the average amount of global exports. The results of the competitiveness indicators also showed that Egypt has an apparent comparative advantage of about 7.7, which indicates that there is an opportunity for Egypt to expand and increase its exports of grapes in the foreign markets,. Opening new markets, as Egyptian grapes exports occupy the fourth place among the most important fresh grapes exporting countries in the UK market, with a market share of 14.3%, and Egyptian grapes exports occupies fourth place in the Netherlands market with a market share of 10.66%, while Egyptian grapes exports occupy the position (7th) in the German market with a market share of about 4.37% during the study period (2017-2021). The penetration rate of Egyptian grapes exports amounted to be about 0.086 in the UK market, which indicates the existence of competition facing Egyptian grapes exports in the UK market, while the rate of penetration of Egyptian grapes exports reached about 0.364 in the Netherlands market. The rate of penetration of Egyptian grapes exports was 0.042, Which mean Egyptian grapes exports occupies the last position among the competing countries, which reflects the difficulty of penetration to the German market. The results also showed also that Egypt did not enjoy a competitive price advantage when compared to the prices of the most important competing countries in all the markets under study, which confirms the quality and preference of some consumers for Egyptian grapes s despite its high relative price. Becouse of its good quility is still confermed. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| competitiveness; market share; global markets; Egyptian grapes | ||
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