THE REGIONAL THE IMPACT OF CHANGES ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE EGYPTIAN ORANGE IN THE MOST IMPORTANT FOREIGN MARKETS

Abstract

Egyptian Orange is considered one of the most important Agricultural crop either for local consumption or Exporting, The Exports value of orange represent 45.6% from the total fruit exports during the period (2012-2014). The Egyptian Orange Exports in the main foreign markets Saudia Arabia, Russia and Ukraine reached about 21%,19.2%,10.3% and 8.3% respectively during the same period. The object of the study is to recognize the competitiveness of Egyptian Orange in some foreign markets. It was obvious that Egypt has relative price (RP) advantage in Saudia market which it reached about 1, 0.78, 0.91, 0.66 for Egypt, Spain, United states and Chili respectively during the period (2005-2009), Market penetration ratio (MPR) reached about 0.60,0.28, 0.10 for Egypt, South Africa and Lebanon during the period (2005-2009). In Russian market the relative production for China, Spain and Egypt reached about 0.90, 0.43, 0.38 respectively, Further, Egypt has an advantage in Ukrainian market which reached about 16.84, 2.96 and 2.09 for Egypt, Greece and Argentina during the same period Seasonal window has been studied, the seasonal index for Saudi Arabian and Russian markets reached about 155,154 in February during (2012-2014). The research ended to some recommendations such as: It is necessary to study the markets of importing Countries and must make Agricultural contracts with Orange producers.