Determinants of Demand for Egyptian Vegetable and Fruit Exports to The Most Important European Union Countries

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Department of Agricultural Economics – Faculty of Agriculture - Ain Shams University

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Egypt is interested in foreign trade and as it works to increase trade flow between itself and many countries of the world, Egypt contributes a large percentage to global trade, and the European Union is Egypt's largest trading partner, as the percentage of Egyptian imports from the European Union reached about 26% of total Egyptian imports in 2021. In the same year, Egypt's exports to the European Union reached about 31% of the total Egyptian exports. However, there are fluctuations in Egyptian exports of agricultural commodities to the European Union countries, which vary from year to year this led to the need to study the determinants of European demand for these commodities, especially in large markets, such as the Dutch market, the German market, and the British market before its withdrawal from the Union. Regarding the export of grapes, the study examines the average price of grapes exported from Turkey to the United Kingdom. It finds that as the average price of grapes exported from Turkey to the United Kingdom decreases by 1%, the average per capita share of Egyptian grapes for the English decreases by 3.22%. Furthermore, the study shows that the policy of floating the Egyptian pound does not significantly affect the average per capita share of Egyptian grapes.
 

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