Market Share | Syrian Journal of Agricultural Research SJAR

Moataz Eliw Mostafa Ahmed^*(1)

(1). Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assuit, Egypt.

(*Corresponding author: Dr. Moataz Eliw Mostafa Ahmed. E-Mail: moatazeliw@gmail.com).

Received: 22/09/2019 Accepted: 10/11/2019

Abstract

The dependence on export is the most crucial developmental approach in the economy of any country as an essential pillar of economic growth. Egyptian potato exports have a relatively large share of the agricultural trade balance. Thus, the development of agricultural exports is one of the main axes in the Egyptian agricultural development policy. Where Egyptian agriculture has good ingredients and a comparative advantage in the production of potatoes, which enables it to compete with countries in the essential markets imported this crop. The study relied on the descriptive and quantitative statistical analysis methods and the estimation of the general time trend equations for the development of the cultivated area, productivity and total production of potatoes. The general time trend equations of the total production showed statistically, at a significant level of 0.01 a positive value which accounted 223.78 thousand tons per year. Also, some indicators of competitive export performance were used as an indicator of the efficiency of export performance. The results showed that it was higher than zero in all years of study confirming the existence of competitive export. The results showed that Egypt ranked tenth as the average quantity of potato exports was 312.93 thousand tons, which represented 2.58% of the average world potato exports during the period 2010-2013. In terms of instability index, it was found during the study period that there was an instability in the quantity of potato crop exports, which reached a minimum value of 1.14% in 2013, and a highest value of 51.84% in 2014.

Key words: Competitiveness price, Market share, Instability coefficient.

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Tayseer Fouad Hatem*⁽¹⁾

(1). Socio-Economic Research Administration, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), Damascus, Syria.

(*Corresponding author: Dr. Tayseer Fouad Hatem. E-Mail: Dr-tayseerhatem@hotmail.com).

Received: 28/10/2018 Accepted: 23/12/2018

Abstract

This paper aimed to study the competitiveness of the Syrian cumin product in the world market, and in major importing markets. The results showed that the market of cumin product was the oligopoly market, and the main export destinations were mainly Arab countries. There was a difference between the values of the indicators of competitiveness during the two periods of study and there was a decrease in the second period, although this decrease is still considered as good and high as compared to the competitive countries and gives competitive capabilities for the Syrian cumin product at the global level. The results also showed a high value of the revealed comparative advantage for the Syrian cumin product, and its competitive price in the global markets. The global market shares were high in Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria and Netherlands. The Arab countries have the highest market share, iIn addition to a high value of the index of penetration of exports in the most important markets of cumin importing, such as Dutch market, Saudi, UAE, Egyptian and American markets. This indicates the possibility of good expansion within these markets. It also showed a high value of the indices of export power and dependence on exports for the Syrian cumin product, which indicates the importance of the cumin crop as a major export product of high importance relative to Syrian exports.

Keywords: Cumin, Competitiveness capabilities, Comparative Advantage, Market Share, Export Penetration Rate, Price Competitiveness.

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