Abstract: The research aimed to: Study the geographical distribution of Egyptian exports of dates, Study growth rates in the most important markets, Estimate indicators of competitiveness and export efficiency, Identify the most important obstacles facing the production and export process to develop a future vision for the future of Egyptian exports of dates. The research results showed: • An increasing of the global exports quantity of dates, which gives Egypt the opportunity to enter new markets in the future.. • Iran is one of the most important exporting countries in terms of quantity and value, with an average of 314 thousand tons, and a value of about 261 million dollars. • Egypt ranks ninth in the list of the most important exporting countries, with a quantity of about 32 thousand tons during the past five years, representing 2.1% of the quantity of world exports, which is a small percentage compared to the huge production volume estimated at about 1.7 million tons. • India is one of the largest importing countries of dates ،with a quantity of about 394 thousand tons, and a value of about 233 million dollars. • Morocco, Indonesia and Malaysia are the most important importing markets for Egyptian dates in terms of quantity, with a percentage of 41%, 38% and 4.7% respectively. • Egyptian dates have entered a new promising market in the past years, which is Turkey. • The most important competitor markets with Egyptian dates are Tunisia, the Emirates, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Referring to the indicators of competitiveness and export efficiency of Egyptian dates in global markets, the study gave the following results:. Egyptian exports of dates have a comparative advantage in global markets of about 15%.. The export efficiency of Egyptian dates has enhanced during recent years because of the encouragement from the state,. Egypt's share of the Indonesian market amounted to about 33.4%, while it was estimated at about 18.6% of the Malaysian market and about 13% in the Moroccan market. These percentages are considered good and can be further enhanced, especially in the Indonesian and Malaysian markets because the two countries do not produce dates.. Morocco accounts for about 50% of Egypt's date exports, but Egypt's penetration rate into the Moroccan market remains extremely low compared to competing markets, as it reached only about 9% compared to other countries. This is due to the multiplicity of import sources for Morocco from other markets such as Tunisia, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia.. Egyptian date exports have a comparative price advantage in the Moroccan market compared to exports from the UAE, Tunisia, Saudi Arabi, and Algeria, and price competitiveness in both the Indonesian and Malaysian markets, but Egypt does not have a comparative advantage over Iranian exports to the Indonesian market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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