USantidumping petitions and revealed comparative advantage of shrimp‐exporting countries

Abstract

The paper explores the trade competitiveness of seven major shrimp-exporting countries, namely Vietnam, China, Thailand, Ecuador, India, Indonesia and Mexico, to the United States. Specifically, we investigate whether the US antidumping petitions have an impact on the bilateral revealed comparative advantage (RCA) indexes for each of the seven shrimp-exporting countries with the United States. Monthly data from January 2003 to December 2014 and a panel data model are used to examine the determinants of the RCA for the shrimp-exporting countries. The empirical results show the shrimp-exporting countries have superior competitiveness against the shrimp market in the United States. Moreover, the RCA indexes are significantly negatively influenced by shrimp prices, and are positively affected by US income per capita. However, the EMS (Early Mortality Syndrome) shrimp disease, domestic US shrimp quantity, exchange rates and US antidumping laws are found to have no significant impacts on the RCA indexes. In terms of policy implications, the United States should try to reduce production costs of shrimp in the US market instead of imposing antidumping petitions. Moreover, the shrimp-exporting countries should try to maintain their comparative advantage and diversify into new markets.

Multi-Scale Drivers of Land-Use Changes at Farm Level I: Conceptual Framework and Application in the Highly Flooded Zone of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

“…For instance, high global market demand was decisive in generating the boom in shrimp farming in the VMD. However, if a foreign market applied antidumping duties on imported shrimp products, domestic shrimp farms would be quickly hit [46,47]. Similarly, environmental agreements between countries and with international organizations influence national development plans and land-use policies.…”

“…When farmers want to change their land use, those with strong 'ability' perceive more options and opportunities, while those with weaker ability see more threats [38]. We distinguished five ability-related drivers, drawn from DFID's (1999) [46] sustainable livelihoods guidance sheets: 'natural assets' (H), 'physical assets' (I), 'social assets' (J), 'financial assets' (K), and 'human assets' (L). Natural assets (H) encompass the natural resources available to a farm, including soil and water characteristics and quality, and land shape and topography.…”

Policy issues and options in aquatic food systems: Review of frameworks, tools, and studies

“…Aquaculture-or fisheries-related empirical applications of the DRC approach have studied the comparative advantage of Asian countries in shrimp exports (Ling et al, 1999); the comparative advantage of shrimp farming in Asia (Shang et al, 1998); the competitiveness of eel aquaculture in China, Japan, and Taiwan (Lee et al, 2003); economic policy in the development of capture fisheries in Jayapura City, Indonesia (Hutajulu et al, 2019); the competitiveness of fish farming in Nigeria (Osawe and Salman, 2016); and the effects of input policies on the profitability of fish farming in Nigeria (Adesiyan, 2017); and the impact of different policy options on profits of private catfish farms in Arkansas, United States (Kaliba and Engle, 2003). Empirical applications of RCA approaches in aquaculture include studies assessing the export performance of major cultured shrimp producers in the Japanese and US markets (Ling et al, 1996), and US antidumping petitions and RCA of seven shrimp-exporting countries (Chang et al, 2019).…”

Spatial and temporal interactions of land-use changes and water resources management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

“…For instance, high global market demand was decisive in generating the boom in shrimp farming in the VMD. But, if a foreign market applied antidumping duties on imported shrimp products, domestic shrimp farms would be quickly hit (Chang et al, 2019;Kinnucan et al, 2017).…”