Online ISSN:

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development

Yasser S. A. Mazrou¹ 

关键词: International trade;    market power;    residual demand elasticity;    fresh orange;    KSA;    Egypt;   

DOI  :  10.18488/journal.1005/2015.5.7/1005.7.167.174

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Asian Economic and Social Society

【 摘 要 】

 Egypt is one of the important orange exporters and Saudi Arabia also is an important import orange market. The Saudi orange market is a main market for Egypt which has a market share that exceeds half of Saudi orange market by 55.72%. This article aims to discover the degree of market power for Egyptian orange exports and other competitors in the Saudi market and if it is considered a measure of the relative mark- up by applying Residual Demand Elasticity approach. The results show that Egyptian orange exports  has just a statistically signified  market power   by SUR and 3-SLS and has a negative sign, which may gain monopolistic profits by the relative mark-up over its marginal cost by about 63.7% without losing any of its market share. The source of Egyptian orange exports market power is due to: 1- product differentiation where Egypt exports navel orange most its export season compared with sweet orange which exported from other competitors. 2- Saudi Arabia Market demand characteristics which reflect on the consumers preference for Egyptian oranges.

【 授权许可】

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