The competitive position of the Egyptian rice exports under global trade liberalization

The research results show low market share of Egyptian rice exports in the world market which reflects the intense competition faced by those exports to rice exports of the competitive countries which are Thailand, Vietnam, India, United States of America, Pakistan and China. They also show that Egypt is in the fourth rank in the world market in terms of price competitive advantage for rice exports after Vietnam, India and Thailand. The study reflects that the Egyptian rice production is more stable than in many countries which produce rice in the world as it comes in the fourth rank among the most important rice-producing countries in the world in terms of rice production stability preceded by India, Thailand and Vietnam respectively, while the Egyptian rice exports is unstable where Egypt is in the seventh rank in terms of rice exports stability among competing nations in exporting rice in the global market to be preceded by all of Italy ,Vietnam, Thailand, Uruguay, the United States of America and Pakistan respectively. It also reflects that Egyptian rice export policy instability could negatively affect the competitiveness of Egyptian exports of rice in the most important rice global markets. The study shows that the most important variables affecting the global demand for Egyptian rice exports during the period 1995 -2007 are the export price of Egyptian rice, the exchange rate of the dollar / pound, the export price average of the most important competitive countries, the Egyptian production of rice. The study recommends making all efforts to raise the efficiency of the Egyptian export devices to strengthen the competitiveness of Egyptian agricultural exports including rice in addition to that Egypt must insist on abolishing the policy of support for agricultural producers.