The competitive Situation of Egyptian Tomato Exports

Agricultural exports are considered one of the important components of Egyptian exports, as the average value of Egyptian agricultural exports amounted to about 3647.60 million dollars as an average for the period (2002-2022), so attention was paid to studying the tomato crop as one of the most important export crops to identify the reality of foreign trade for this crop in global markets. It is clear from this research that the quantity of Egyptian exports of the tomato crop amounted to approximately 30.12 thousand tons on average for the study period. The quantity of exports reached its peak in 2014, when it totaled approximately 92.63 thousand tons. The amount of exports represents approximately 0.39% of the GDP on average for the same period. It is also clear that the most important countries competing with Egypt in exporting tomatoes are Mexico, the Netherlands, Turkey, Spain, Belgium, Morocco, Canada, and France, as the average quantity of their exports amounted to about 1474.41, 982.68, 875.09, 460.90, 432.95, 219.07, 202.59, 166.03 thousand tons respectively. The market share index for the same countries amounted to approximately 21.17%, 12.10%, 6.53%, 8.59%, 3.11%, 7.53%, 2.23%, and 3.16%, respectively, as an average for the study period. The average market share for Egypt was approximately 0.32%. It became clear through the study of price competitiveness that Egyptian export prices for tomato crops are lower than the average export prices of competing countries.