Revealed Comparative Advantage of Pakistan's Agricultural Exports

Pakistan is widely believed to be underperforming as far as its agricultural export potential is concerned. However, analyses to support this allegation are very few, in part due to the lack of easily accessible data. In this paper provide the first necessary step in the analysis of Pakistan's comparative advantage in agricultural export markets. However, little or no analysis has been done that sheds some more light on this issue, in the sense of better specifying in which commodities and which markets Pakistan's comparative advantage is strongest. This paper attempts to start filling that void by quantifying the degree of comparative advantage of Pakistan agricultural export products in major overseas markets. This quantification is a necessary first step in getting a better handle on the factors that may limit the extent to which Pakistan is able to enter markets where it has a comparative advantage. Expansion of Pakistan's share in overseas export markets is crucial for further development of the country's agricultural sector. The main objective of the paper is to identify products where Pakistan has demonstrated comparative advantage, and to provide a first step towards understanding the factors that at present limit possibilities for further exploiting that advantage. The paper analyzes actual export flows and calculates measures of revealed comparative advantage. The focus in this paper being on agricultural trade, the analysis is based on international trade data that incorporates a unique degree of detail not seen before in trade analyses for Pakistan.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2010-11
Subjects:	ABATTOIRS, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURE, AGRONOMIC PRACTICES, ANIMAL, ANIMAL BREEDS, ANIMAL HEALTH, ANIMALS, APPLES, AVOCADOS, AVRDC, BARLEY, BEEF, BILATERAL TRADE, BIRDS, BRAND, BRAND NAME, BRANDS, BREEDS, BUTTER, BY-PRODUCTS, CEREALS, CHEESE, CITRUS FRUIT, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, COLD CHAINS, COMMODITY, COMMODITY PRICE, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE IN LIVESTOCK, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVENESS, CONSUMERS, CONTRACT FARMING, CORN, COTTON, COTTON PRODUCTION, CREAM, CROP, CROPS, CULTIVATION, CUT FLOWERS, DAIRY, DAIRY PROCESSING, DAIRY PRODUCTS, DAIRY SECTOR, DATES, DOMESTIC DEMAND, DOMESTIC MARKET, DOMESTIC MARKETS, ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS, ECONOMIC GROUPINGS, EGGS, EXPORT MARKET, EXPORT MARKETS, FARMERS, FEED, FODDER, FOOD EXPORT, FOOD GRAINS, FOOD POLICY, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, FOOD SECURITY, FREE TRADE, FRUIT, FRUIT JUICES, FRUITS, GDP, GRAIN, GRAINS, GRAPES, HORTICULTURAL EXPORTS, HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS, HORTICULTURE, HORTICULTURE PRODUCTS, HYBRID, HYBRID SEEDS, IFPRI, INCOME, INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES, INNOVATION, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, IRRI, LIVE ANIMALS, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK POPULATION, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, LIVESTOCK SECTOR, LOW MILK YIELDS, MAIZE, MANGO, MANGOES, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET DEVELOPMENT, MARKET DISTORTIONS, MARKET SHARE, MARKETING, MEAT, MEAT PRODUCTS, MEATS, MILK, MILK POWDER, MILK PROCESSING, MILK PRODUCTS, MILLS, NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES, OFFAL, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, ORANGES, PACKAGING, PACKING, PEACHES, PERISHABILITY, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGIES, PRICE INCREASES, PRODUCE, RICE, RICE PRICES, RICE VARIETIES, SEED, SOILS, SPREAD, SUPERMARKET, SUPPLY CHAINS, SURPLUSES, TOTAL OUTPUT, TRADE POLICIES, TRADE POLICY, VALUE ADDED, VEGETABLE JUICES, VEGETABLES, WHEAT, WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT GRAINS, WHEAT PRICES, WHEAT TRADE, WHOLESALE MARKETING, WORLD MARKET, WORLD MARKETS, YIELDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/16269213/revealed-comparative-advantage-pakistans-agricultural-exports https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12449
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