‘Products Mapping’ of South Africa’s Agri-food trade with the EU28 and Africa

Zdráhal, Ivo; Verter, Nahanga; Lategan, F. S.

doi:10.7160/aol.2020.120410

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“…[25], Kita and Poczta [50], Ishchukova and Smutka [51], Rytko [26], Carraresi and Banterle [38], Juchniewicz and Lukiewska [39], Bojnec and Fertő [30,40], Cimpoies [52], Kita [33,34], Wijnands and Verhoog [53], Smutka et al [54], Szczepaniak [27,31], Ortikov et al [55], Verter et al [56], Zdrahal et al [57] and Pawlak [19,35,58,59]. All those studies refer to the competitive position of the agri-food sector of individual countries or groups of countries either on the world market or in specific bilateral relations.…”

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“…By constructing the Widodo matrices Ortikov et al [55] observed that in 2000-2018 agri-food products exported from Uzbekistan were competitive with regard to Asian and CIS markets, while the ability to successfully compete on the other markets was limited. The same approach was also employed by Verter et al [56] and Zdrahal et al [57]. The former authors investigated the dynamics of comparative advantages in Nigerian agri-food trade with the EU in 1995-2017.…”

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“…Due to the decreasing number of agri-food products enjoying a strong competitive position accompanied by a positive trade balance both on the EU market and in world trade, it was recommended for Nigeria to increase investment and improve agricultural and trade policies in order to boost trade and at the same time increase its food self-sufficiency. Also Zdrahal et al [57] focused on developing countries and analyzed trade performance and competitiveness of South Africa's agri-food sector on the EU and African markets in 2005-2017. Their results supported the conclusion that in contrast to trade relations with the EU, South Africa gained comparative advantages in relation to the African market.…”

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Does Poland’s agri-food industry gain comparative advantage in trade with non-EU countries? Evidence from the transatlantic market

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Accession of Poland to the European Single Market generated trade creation and diversion effects, which in turn resulted in a high degree of concentration of the Polish foreign trade in agri-food products with other EU countries. On the one hand, a high share of export to the markets of countries with a stable market economy is a confirmation of the Polish agri-food sector's capacity to compete on the foreign markets. On the other hand, when considering limited capability to increase food demand in the EU it provides grounds for the assumption that further export expansion to a considerable extent will depend on the potential expansion of sale to non-EU markets. In this context significant issues include diversification of target markets and search for prospective markets outside the EU, while they also determine directions of an advantageous export specialization. In the period up to 2021 the USA was the fourth non-EU export partner of Poland in the agri-food sector after the United Kingdom, Ukraine and Russia. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the level of comparative advantages of the Polish agri-food sector on the EU and US markets in 2004-2021 using Widodo's products mapping technique. The study used statistical data from the ComExt database of the European Statistical Office (Eurostat). The conducted studies showed Polish export specializations in the transatlantic trade, as confirmed by high comparative advantages, as well as a positive and steadily improving trade balances for food preparations, including meat, cereal, fruit and vegetable, as well as confectionery preparations, and less processed animal origin products (meat and offal as well as dairy produce). Poland had a disadvantageous competitive position in trade of products complementary in relation to domestic production, which import was necessary. In view of the comparative cost theory the directions of the realized export specialization were rational and should be maintained. While in trade with the other EU countries the competitive position of the Polish agri-food sector was weakened, it was strengthened on the US market. In view of the considerable EU market saturation the improved competitive capacity in the non-EU markets is a positive development, which is a promising finding particularly in the long-term perspective.

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“…Their proposals were the promotion of agri-food value chains and a more protective trade policy to increase self-sufficiency. Zdráhal et al [40] used a product mapping tool to assess South Africa's agri-food trade with the EU. South Africa turned out to be more competitive on the African markets compared to the EU-28 market.…”

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Agri-Food Trade Competitiveness: A Review of the Literature

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Being competitive in the international agri-food trade is an important aim of every country. It should be noted that this term has neither a commonly accepted definition nor a synthetized index to quantify it. The most commonly used indices in the international literature are the Balassa index and its modified versions (revealed trade advantage, revealed competitiveness, normalized revealed comparative advantage, and revealed symmetric comparative advantage) and different export and/or import-related indices (e.g., the Grubel–Lloyd index or the trade balance index). Based on a systematic review of the literature, these measurements were identified along with the major factors suggested for higher agri-food trade competitiveness. It seems that supportive legislation and/or (trade) policy is the most crucial factor, followed by higher value-added/more sophisticated goods, and high, efficient, and profitable production. Although the EU and its member states were overrepresented in the analyzed literature, the candidate countries, as well as other important trading partners of the EU, e.g., Canada, China, or the ASEAN countries, were also analyzed. Thus, some of these findings may be generalized.

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“…The application of this measure together with TBI makes it possible to construct the matrix providing a synthetic assessment of the competitive position of an analyzed country in trade with specific products or groups of products on selected reference markets. Such a methodological approach was proposed for the first time by Widodo [74], and it has been used to assess specialization and competitive performance of the agricultural trade for Russia [75], the Czech Republic [76], and African nations with the EU [77,78]. To specify transatlantic relations, this method was applied by [52] to identify the comparative advantages of the Polish agri-food sector on the US market.…”

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The systematically strengthening role of emerging economies has become a factor strongly determining the overall trade policy of the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (USA), as well as their bilateral relations. One of the initiatives aiming at the strengthening of economic ties within the transatlantic partnership, as a consequence promoting stabilization of the positions of the EU and the USA in the world economy, was related with negotiations concerning the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The EU-USA trade talks were suspended at the end of 2016; however, the establishment of the EU-USA free trade area might be a breakthrough in the transatlantic relations, while the conclusion of this agreement would significantly determine the competitive position of the agri-food sector of these two economies, both in their bilateral relations and in world trade. In view of the above, the aim of this paper is to estimate the competitive position of the EU agri-food sector in transatlantic trade considering the conclusion of the agreement establishing the EU-USA free trade area. For this purpose, Widodo’s method of mapping products on the target market was applied. Results from the conducted analyses suggest that from 2010–2020 comparative advantages gained by the EU on the US market were sources of an advantageous export specialization. In view of the forecasted dynamic increase in agri-food export from the EU to the USA caused by possible liberalization of bilateral trade, the relatively strong competitive position of the EU on the American market might be maintained or even strengthened. However, such a situation would be determined by the regulatory cooperation progressing with the reduction of tariffs.

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‘Products Mapping’ of South Africa’s Agri-food trade with the EU28 and Africa

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Does Poland’s agri-food industry gain comparative advantage in trade with non-EU countries? Evidence from the transatlantic market

Does Poland’s agri-food industry gain comparative advantage in trade with non-EU countries? Evidence from the transatlantic market

Agri-Food Trade Competitiveness: A Review of the Literature

Competitiveness of the EU Agri-Food Sector on the US Market: Worth Reviving Transatlantic Trade?

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