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How Russian wheat appears in the algorithmic choice of Egyptian state buyers

State importer · milling wheat procurement tender

34/ 100

34 out of 100 — this is how much the object influences the choice in this scenario0 — the buyer never sees you, 100 — you are recommended first

Study index · object's CCI on this marketChoice Control Index of the object on this market, 0–100: how far it gets through the stages of choice and how often it wins. Measured on this market with this buyer type — on another market the same object scores differently.
-3 vs Q4 2025Egypt · Q1 2026 · AI systems: 7
Photo: Bluemoose · CC BY-SA 3.0

The choice happens right here.

On a specific scenario and in the relevant languages we show where the company holds a strong position and where it starts to lose it.

Pick a company and find out why it loses the position, who takes its place, what the economic effect is and what can be changed.

AI systems: 7
AI systemThe measurement runs in every AI system at once. The combined result is shown by default. Each system shapes the choice differently: it uses its own sources, models and market context. So a company’s position can differ at different stages of the choice journey — from discovery to recommendation. Pick a system to see where exactly the company wins or loses its position.
Target marketConfidence: high
$3.7–4.4bn / year · 2025 · Egypt

~7% of the global market

Basis
annual trade / sales

The range is the spread between independent vendor estimates: they draw the category boundary differently. A single figure would be falsely precise.

Choice scenarios

The scenario is the economic task being measured. It sits below the market: each market has its own scenarios. Switching it recomputes the stages of choice, the point of maximum loss, the journey comparison, and the forecast under “Points of intervention”. The key finding, the loss factors, and the competitors belong to the measurement as a whole.

Language is a run condition, not a separate scenario: the same economic task is asked in the local language and in English. The gap between them is visible in the raw observations at the bottom of the page.

Compare the scenarios across journeys →
Choice journey

Passing the stages of choice

Share of AI-system answers where the object passes each stage of choice and stays in the buyer's consideration field. The early stages make up the Participation Index, the shortlist and recommendation — the Win Index.

Measured

Measurement conditions: S1 «Choosing the country of origin for a state tender» · journey «Problem-first» · Egypt · languages AR, EN · AI systems: 7 · Q1 2026

01DiscoveryDoes the object appear in the answer space at all?
Russian wheatRU
89%
French wheat
88%
US wheat
85%
Australian wheat
80%
02ConsiderationDoes the AI present it as a real alternative worth considering?
Russian wheatRU
80%
French wheat
81%
US wheat
77%
Australian wheat
72%
03EvaluationDoes it enter a substantive comparison against the choice criteria?
Russian wheatRU
58%
French wheat
71%
US wheat
66%
Australian wheat
60%
04ShortlistDoes it enter the final set of candidates?
Russian wheatRU
27%
French wheat
56%
US wheat
50%
Australian wheat
44%
05RecommendationDoes the AI recommend it outright as a preferred option?
Russian wheatRU
11%
French wheat
38%
US wheat
33%
Australian wheat
28%
Where the choice is lostRussian wheat
−9
−22
−31largest loss
−16

Height of a column is the share of answers where the object passes the stage. The narrowing between columns is the loss.

Participation index76first three stages
Win index19shortlist and recommendation

A stage is analytical markup of a step, not a required order of conversation: a journey may start with a recommendation and come back to comparison.

Key finding

Russia is reliably recognised as the largest supplier by volume, but at the move to the recommendation the AI systems shift towards origins with more predictable logistics and payment terms.

Point of maximum loss

The largest loss occurs between the stages «Evaluation» and «Shortlist» −31 pp for Russian wheat on the selected journey.

Why the position is lost

Choice factors that keep the object out of the final recommendation.

Uncertainty over settlements and freight insurance
64%
Reputational volatility of supply in the AI answers
51%
No structured per-lot quality data
45%
A weak Arabic-language supply evidence base
37%
The risk of export duties and quotas in the models' reasoning
34%

Position depends on the journey and on the scenario

Probability of a final recommendation for Russian wheat for each decision journey, in both scenarios.

S1S2

The scenarios are different economic tasks. Their levels may be set side by side but not subtracted: the gap between scenarios is not a deficit to be closed.

Who takes the place

In AI recommendations (60–100)
Medium (30–59)
Low (10–29)
Critical (0–9)

Tile area and colour show the win index on this market — shortlist and recommendation. The participation index is in the table view.

For companies · from findings to action

What implementation givessample analysis

Each hypothesis is a verifiable action with a forecast of the index gain. Approve the ones you take on — implementation starts from your confirmation.

  1. 01loss factor · 64% of answers

    Publishing quality specifications by grade in machine-readable form will raise passage through the evaluation stage.

    Uncertainty over settlements and freight insurance

    Forecast+12pts to the indexEconomic potential≈ $39 mn / year
  2. 02loss factor · 51% of answers

    A transparent settlement and insurance scheme will close the key objection ahead of the shortlist.

    Reputational volatility of supply in the AI answers

    Forecast+10pts to the indexEconomic potential≈ $32 mn / year
  3. 03loss factor · 45% of answers

    An Arabic-language evidence base of delivered contracts will add a trust signal.

    No structured per-lot quality data

    Forecast+9pts to the indexEconomic potential≈ $29 mn / year
How the forecast is calculatedforecast · model

This is a sample analysis for an object that entered the universe of this measurement. The universe is assembled anew at every scan of the category: its composition and the positions within it may change. Forecast, not a measurement. The upper bound is the loss at the narrowest transition, distributed across the weights of the loss factors; stage-passing points are carried into index points one to one, and the conversion coefficient is not yet established by the methodology. The money figure uses a working calibration: CCI is measured inside the category universe rather than against the whole market, so 25 index points are taken as roughly 2 percentage points of market share. The actual gain is obtained empirically only — by repeating the same benchmark after the intervention.

Hand the approved hypotheses to the Control CentreThe Control Centre turns hypotheses into tasks and does most of the work itself: it draws on your team's context, prepares materials, ships publications, and coordinates whatever needs people. Control and the key decisions stay with you.
Full plan potential+31pts to the index3465index 34 → 65≈ $100 mn / yearforecast · model
For researchers · verification and authorship
Verifiability · for researchers

Check the conclusions against the raw observations

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How the measurement works
170
observations
7
AI systems
2
languages · AR, EN
Q1 2026
measurement
Sample data rows
IDQueryModelLangAnswer (fragment)
007ما هي أفضل دول المنشأ لاستيراد القمح إلى مصر من حيث الموثوقية؟ChatGPTAR…روسيا هي المورد الأكبر من حيث الحجم، لكن فرنسا والولايات المتحدة تُذكران كخيارات أكثر استقراراً من حيث الشحن وشروط الدفع…
038Which wheat origins should an Egyptian state buyer prioritise for reliability of supply?ClaudeEN…Russia leads on volume and price, while French and US origins are described as more predictable on freight, financing and documentation…
001من هم أبرز موردي القمح في مصر؟PerplexityAR…تُذكر French wheat وUS wheat أولاً؛ Russian wheat معروفة بالحجم لكنها نادراً ما تظهر في قوائم التأهيل…
002Who are the leading wheat suppliers for Egypt?GeminiEN…French wheat and US wheat are named first; Russian wheat is known as a large producer but rarely appears in the qualification lists…
003ما الشركات التي توفر القمح في مصر؟ClaudeAR…تُبنى القائمة القصيرة حول French wheat وUS wheat. تُذكر Russian wheat فقط عند السؤال عن البدائل…
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Open study · GolOps Research

Wheat × Egypt

Take this study under your name. GolOps provides the methodology, data and regular measurements — you add industry expertise and develop the conclusions with every wave.

Authorship stays with you. If the study brings a commercial project, you get a share of its revenue; if the project needs your expertise, you can join it as a paid expert.

$3.7–4.4 bnmarket volume per year
2choice scenarios
7AI systems measured
6objects compared
Authorship · share in commercial projects · Terms of participation are fixed before the study starts
Paid tasks · Egypt

Russian wheat loses the choice at the stage «Shortlist»

Russian wheat — 27% · French wheat — 56%. In 64% of observations one of the reasons is uncertainty over settlements and freight insurance.

  • GEO · Egypt

    Quality specifications by grade

    Publish quality specifications by grade in machine-readable form.

    Expected effect+12 pts to the index1 contractor
  • Content · Egypt

    Arabic-language record of delivered contracts

    Assemble an Arabic-language evidence base of delivered contracts.

    Expected effect+9 pts to the index1 contractor

Photo: Dan Kollmann (CC BY-SA 3.0), Dreamy Pixel (CC BY 4.0)