The study aimed to shed light on exports development of potatoes, onion, orange and grapes, to stand on their competitiveness in global markets. The study depended on many of local and global sources to provide its data, and on many of descriptive and quantitative analysis methods arrive at their results.
The study found the following results:
1- Increase rates in production and exports of most crops under study at local level exceed that at global level.
2- The production of the crops under study characterized by higher degree of stability compared to their exports at the local and global level, except potatoes the production of which was characterized by higher degree of stability compared by its exports at global level.
3- At the side of production, onion has the higher instability coefficient at both local and global levels, while at the side of exports, grapes has the higher degree of this coefficient at the local level and orange at global level.
4- Production and exports of various commodities under study characterized by higher degree of instability at local level compared by global level.
5- It is possible to increase Egyptian revenues of exports by reallocating its exports through exporting season, and among different importing markets.
6- Egypt enjoyed a competitive advantage price in the export of potatoes compared to Italy and Netherlands, and in the export of onion for both United States and France, and in the export of orange for both Morocco and Spain, South Africa and Israel, and in the export of grapes for each Morocco and Spain.
7- Egypt has the highest market share in the Russian market for potatoes, and in Saudi market for onion and organ, and in UK market for grapes.
8- Market penetration rate reached its lowest level in the export of potatoes in various markets, while this ratio increased relatively in the export of onion, orange and grapes in most markets.
9- According to revealed comparative advantage, all of the commodities under study, has this advantage especially orange crop, followed by onion, potatoes and grapes respectively.