Estimating the Domestic Demand for Saudi Citrus Using an Almost Ideal Demand Model in Light of Corona Pandemic

The world has recently experienced major challenges in all respects general, and economic particular following the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). This led people to improve their diet by consuming more vitamin-rich food commodities, especially vitamin C, because of its important effect promoting body immunity resistance for many diseases cold diseases. study relied on secondary data (time series) during period (2001-2020), collected from various sources. estimated demand function different factors affecting demand. near-optimal model Saudi market is models used analyzing commodity equations system according variety or research examined application this domestic most commodities consumed Arabia (orange-lemon-tangerines). results show that suggested obtained conditions function, which are addition, homogeneity, symmetry, price, cross expenditure elasticities. It noted own-price elasticity was negative, less than correct one lemons, indicated it a necessary commodity. both oranges tangerines turned out be elastic. also turns there direct relationship between lemon prices spending lemons tangerines. There an inverse price oranges. indicative positive.