An Analysis of Factors Influencing Rice Export in Egypt Based on Vector Autoregressive Model

Abstract

Vector Autoregressive Model (VAR) lead to the integration of production and export decisions of rice. The main objective of the study is to determine the main factors influencing Egypt’s rice exports. This model can also be used to study the prospects of Egyptian rice exports. The results of variance decomposition confirm that the most important variables influence the value of Egyptian rice exports is Egyptian export price, and the empirical analysis of Vector Error Correction Model relieves the possibility of improving the competitiveness of Egyptian exports of rice in global markets in the forecast period (2015:2025).