Comparative analysis of the competitiveness of Beninese and Brazilian cotton exports in international trade from 2006 to 2018

This study aims to analyze the competitiveness and orientation of Brazilian and Beninese cotton exports in international trade from 2006 to 2018. The cotton category in this article refers to “neither carded nor combed” (HS: 5201). To measure competitiveness, we chose to calculate the Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (RCAI) and Symmetric Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (SRCAI), proposed by Balassa (1965) and Laursen (1998) respectively. The Regional Orientation Index (ROI), proposed by Yeats (1997), of cotton for Asia and EU-28 is used. The data were collected from the International Trade Center (ITC) /Trade Map and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The results found indicate that the Brazilian’s and Beninese’s cotton has been increasing values and above the unit showing its competitiveness in the international market. In addition, Benin was more competitive than Brazil because it has, on average, a higher SRCAI than Brazil (0.99 and 0.7 respectively). Concerning the ROI, it was found that Brazilian and Beninese cotton exports are strongly directed towards Asia, the main consumer market for Beninese and Brazilian cotton. As for the EU-28, both Benin and Brazil do not direct their cotton sales to this economic block.

The EAEU Free Trade Agreements as a New Viable Format for the Russian Trade Policy

The Regional Trade Agreements (RTA) as a legal format of trade between countries has been actively developed within the last decades. Russian involvement in RTAs until recently was modest. However, after the EAEU creation in 2015, trade policies of the member countries have changed. Setting up the RTAs has become an important priority of the EAEU’s common trade policy. In this study, the assessment is made of the significance for the Russian domestic policies of the already signed and planned FTAs. The focus of the methodology of the study lies in computations of three trade indices: export significance index (suggested by authors and based on the revealed comparative advantage index), trade intensity index and symmetric trade introversion index, which were calculated for the totality of trade partners of Russia for 2019 (193 countries) in order to identify the most promising countries to conclude new FTAs. Authors come to a conclusion that the already signed Russian RTAs and newly planned Russian common FTAs on behalf of the EAEU have a potential to generate trade. Another important result of the study is that it provides the list of the first-priority countries for the new-coming FTAs for Russia and the EAEU partners in terms of efficiency in generating trade, that are - Egypt, Turkey, Algeria, Republic of Korea and Mongolia. The authors suggest to make similar calculations for other countries to support the revealed pattern.

Analysis on Trade Competitiveness and Trade Complementarity between Uzbekistan and the Member States of Eurasian Economic Union

Based on the 2010-2019 United Nations commodity trade data, this paper has calculated the regional revealed comparative advantage index, export similarity index, trade complementarity index and intra-industry trade index of trade between Uzbekistan and the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union. This paper analyses the competitiveness and complementarity of trade between Uzbekistan and the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union. Uzbekistan and the Eurasian Economic Union member countries have a high degree of similarity in the export of commodities. There is a certain degree of competitiveness in commodities exported to the same market. However, there are differences in the structure of commodity trade among member states. Uzbekistan’s trade complementarity with the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union is distributed in food and live animals (SITC0), mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (SITC3), manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (SITC6), commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC (SITC9). Uzbekistan has strong trade complementarity with Armenia, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan, but weak trade complementarity with Russia and Kazakhstan.

Visualizing bivariate local spatial autocorrelation between commodity revealed comparative advantage index of China and USA from a new space perspective

The development of trade research plays an important role in enhancing the understanding of the trade relationship structure, evolution and relevant driving factors. While there is little research on analyzing and visualizing bilateral trade patterns and the evolution of numerous kinds of commodities. In this paper, we respectively calculate revealed comparative advantage index (RCAI) of each traded commodity of China and USA in 2017. Then the RCAI of thousands of commodities have been mapped to a two-dimensional space and visualized in a grid system by using digital trade feature map method. On that basis, bivariate local spatial auto-correlation features between China – USA have been comprehensively depicted.

REVEALED COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE IN SOY EXPORTATION BETWEEN THE MAIN EXPORTERS IN BRAZIL/Vantagens comparativas reveladas da exportação de soja entre os principais exportadores do Brasil

The objective of this work was verify the existence of Revealed Comparative Advantages for the export of soy beans produced in the states of Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul, in relation to Brazil, in the years 2006 to 2016. The Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (IVCR) was initially used, however, because the index was asymmetric for values greater than unity, the Symmetric Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (IVCRS) was used, since in this index values vary between -1 and 1. The results indicate that all the states studied had an advantage in exporting soy beans. However, it was observed that the southern states presented a period of increase and later reduction in the IVCR, and the states of the Midwest region suffered only a reduction in the IVCR, possibly because soy bean products were losing a little of the representation in total exported. Finally, it was concluded that even though there are government incentives to export products such as soy beans, Brazil still faces problems with the flow of agricultural production, low storage capacity and port in efficiencies.

Manufacturing and value-added dynamics in global value chains: the case of Italy

Purpose This paper aims to provide a snapshot of various countries’ contributions to value produced along global value chains (GVCs). It focusses on manufacturing activities and their evolution over time, in the context of GVC regionalisation. Design/methodology/approach The Trade in Value Added (TiVA) and World Integrated Trade Solution databases for the period of 2005-2015 were used to explore the case of Italy and its industries’ specialisations (Made in Italy): fashion, furniture, automotive and machinery traditionally organised into clusters. Various analyses were used to show the dynamics of gross import–export and imported–exported value-added. Moreover, the revealed comparative advantage index was computed to test whether the Made in Italy sector remains a source of competitive advantage for Italy within GVCs. Findings The results highlight how the geography of value-added is changing over time, with growing importance placed on the countries close to Italy and with a different pace according to each considered GVC. Originality/value The paper applied new methods to compare trade and analyse value-added dynamics through a recent database released by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development within the TiVA initiative that is useful for scholars and policymakers.

Evolução das vantagens comparativas na exportação de flore: Comparativo de São Paulo e Ceará4)

O Brasil vem aumentando cada vez mais a sua participação no mercado mundial de flores. No Ceará, a floricultura ganha impulso a partir da década de 1990. Por sua vez, São Paulo, tem a maior produção de flores para exportação do país. Desta forma, surge o questionamento acerca do comportamento do segmento no mercado de exportação de flores. Assim este trabalho tem por objetivo geral analisar de forma equiparativa a evolução das vantagens comparativas dos estados do Ceará e São Paulo no comércio mundial de flores entre 1997 a 2014, A metodologia consiste no cálculo do Índice de Vantagem Comparativa Revelada de Vollrath. A base de dados foi obtida do MDIC/SECEX com informações sobre receita e quantidades exportadas da floricultura dos dois estados exportadores. Os resultados mostram que no final da década de 1990 o Ceará, até então, não era considerado um estado produtor competitivo. Contudo, a partir dos anos 2000, o mesmo avança a sua participação em relação aos demais estados brasileiros exportadores desse segmento, chegando à posição de segundo lugar em exportações totais de flores, ficando somente atrás de São Paulo que é considerado o primeiro exportador desse segmento.ABSTRACT Brazil has increased more and more to your participation in the world market. Historically, the State of São Paulo is the largest national producer and exporter of flowers and derivatives. However, in the State of Ceará floriculture, enlarges your participation within exporter from 1990, showing increasing levels of market share in exporting trade. In this way, the question is about the behavior of the Brazilian Export segment. This article aims to analyze the general trend of comparative advantages of the States of Ceará and São Paulo in world trade of flowers between the years of 1997 to 2014. The methodology consists in calculating the Vollrath’s revealed comparative advantage index. The database was obtained through the MDIC/SECEX with information about revenue and quantities exported flowers of the two states analyzed. The results show that the Ceará increased participation in scenario exporter from 2000, obtaining the second position in total revenue of flower’s exports. These results, coupled with the higher relative presence in exporting trade, allowed the Ceará widen your competitiveness in the trading of flowers in the recent period. Keywords: agribusiness, floriculture, Vollrath’s revealed comparative advantage index.

Revealed Comparative Advantage of Turkish and Hungarian Wheat Sectors

Hungary and Turkey have a considerable share in world wheat markets. In 2018, Hungary’s export value of wheat and wheat flour reached to 411 million euros and it formed 32 per cent of overall cereal & milling industry export value of the country. Export value of Turkey for the same commodities was 875 million euros in the same period and it formed 77 per cent of total cereal & milling industry export value (International Trade Centre, 2019). Considering their potential and recent upward trends in trade, this study aims to determine the competitiveness of the wheat sectors in Hungary and Turkey. The study examines the competitiveness level of both countries by using Balassa’s Revealed Comparative Advantage index and Michaely index. The examination range covers the 10-year period between 2009 and 2018. Majority of data in this work was obtained and derived from International Trade Centre database. According to analysis results, Hungary has a higher degree of specialization vis-a-vis Turkey.