ABSTRACT: This article analyzed the international competitiveness of exports forest products from 2008 to 2018. The information is available in Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) indicators used were: revealed comparative advantage (RCA), trade openness index (Oi) contribution balance (CTB). Results showed that exportation are competitive, addition gains have been observed by RCA Europe, c...

The global literature widely uses Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Lafay Index (LFI), Export Diversification (EDI), Hirschman (HI), and Major Category (MEC) to analyze international trade flows, though agricultural trade, specifically agri-food commodities consisting of food feed commodities, is neglected in empirical works. Furthermore, the determinants Advantages have received little att...

Research resources in a given scientific domain may spill over into other close disciplines, thereby improving performance. Using bibliometric data from the SCImago database drawn sample of 174 countries, we implement measure proximity-based on revealed comparative advantage (RCA) as specialization or activity index. Our estimates show that proximity between disciplines positively and significa...

in the present study, competitiveness of iranian pistachio exports and competitor countries in  the world market are studied. pistachio export advantage using indices of revealed comparative advantage (rca) approach and vector error correction model(vecm) based on  agricultural and non-petroleum export commodity basket were investigated separately. the results showed that iran has a comparative...

With the development of economy and technology in China, consumers' demand for tobacco products is rising, import export trade volume substitutes gradually increasing. The occupies an important position agricultural trade. This paper collects data at home abroad by searching United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database, National Bureau database statistical yearbook, analyzes competitivene...

The main purpose of the study is to explore the change in export competitive advantage of Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan in the US market and to study whether the structure of export industry is changing in each country, by using the two-digit industries as the basis for analysis, and the every three-year average variation of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) to understand the enhancem...

This paper aims to identify key challenges facing Iran and South Korea in their bilateral trade and investment relations. In particular, it is concerned with the policy implications which can be useful for policy makers and business people of both countries. For this purpose, we review and analyze the recent developments of the Iranian economy and bilateral trade and investment relations betwee...

In the study, production, foreign trade, and competitiveness of countries, which have an important share in world aquaculture were examined. According to 2019 data shows that Chine Indonesia are most producers world. The set belonging 2010-2019 was used research. Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Vollrath Relative Export Index (RXA), Trade (RTA), Competitiveness (RC), Import (RMA), Balance ...