The Czech Agrarian Trade Comparative Advantages Distribution Based on Value and Volume Approach

Smutka, Ĺuboš; Maitah, Mansoor; Svatoš, M.

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“…Jambor [59] states that the Czech Republic, similar to the rest of the V4 countries, decreased the comparative advantage in relation to the EU-15 countries after EU accession. The bilateral comparative advantages of Czech agricultural trade with regard to individual EU partners were revealed by Smutka et al [46] for the following aggregates: CN10 (cereals), CN24 (tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes), CN01 (live animals; animal products), CN12 (oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder), CN15 (animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepare edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes), CN04 (dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included), CN22 (beverages, spirits and vinegar), CN11 (products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten), CN17 (sugars and sugar confectionery), CN03 (fish and crustaceans, mollusks and other aquatic invertebrates), CN16 (preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, mollusks or other aquatic invertebrates), CN09 (coffee, tea, maté and spices), CN13 (lac; gums; resins and other vegetable saps and extracts) and CN14. Similarly, according to Burianová and Belová [60], the Czech agri-food trade as one category does not have a comparative advantage in relation to all trade partners, but if the analysis is focused on the individual agri-food trade components' (aggregations) competitiveness, at least some aggregations are able to get a comparative advantage in relation to the global market.…”

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“…), HS22 (beverages, spirits and vinegar), HS03 (fish and crustaceans) and HS13 (lac, gums, resins, etc.). Moreover, Smutka et al [46] found that even Czech agricultural trade does not have comparative advantages in general. Jambor [59] states that the Czech Republic, similar to the rest of the V4 countries, decreased the comparative advantage in relation to the EU-15 countries after EU accession.…”

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“…Bojnec and Fertő [45] discovered that among other EU countries, the Czech Republic has got a greater number of products with relative trade disadvantages and a greater significance of one-way imports. Smutka et al [46] state that the main problems of Czech comparative advantages development in relation to the EU countries are: constantly decreasing volume performance and decreasing unit value, while in relation to the non-EU countries, the relationship between increasing volume and value performance is more balanced, and the comparative advantages are, thus, related to quality aspects and higher added value. According to Fertö et al [47], a better understanding of how the structure of trade linkages evolves is also important.…”

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The paper, based on RCA, LFI and GL indices, and logistic regression analysis, allowed us to track the dynamics of the comparative advantage/disadvantage of the Czech Republic in individual commodity aggregates in relation to individual EU partners, and to comprehend the role of the main production factors. The only production factor with a statistically significant effect is capital. Trade with countries richly endowed with agricultural land and capital, in most cases, appeared not favorable for the Czech Republic in terms of having a comparative advantage over them, if measured with LFI index. The values of the GL index disclosed that trade with these countries is mostly of an inter-industry character. The analysis revealed the following top-3 mostly competitive Czech aggregates: S3-08 (animal feed stuff), S3-06 (sugar and sugar preparations), along with S3-04 (cereals and cereal preparations). Some aggregates appeared to not have any comparative advantage: S3-01 (meat, meat preparations), S3-05 (vegetables and fruits), and S3-41 (animal oils and fats). Speaking of developmental trends, from 2000 to 2019 the Czech Republic has managed to improve its position in agri-food trade within the EU-27 by 43.81% if measured with LFI, and by 51.63% if measured with RCA. These positive changes also appeared to be statistically significant.

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“…It is worth emphasizing that using XUV as an indicator of the quality of goods is a simplification and has been subject to criticism (King, 1993;Silver, 2009). However, several studies have justified the legitimacy of using XUV as a quality indicator (Anwar and Sun, 2018;Smutka et al, 2019). Based on Bajan et al (2021), we recognize goods as the same quality when they fulfil the condition of the following equation:…”

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Market analysis on cocoa beans export: The case of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire in West Africa

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The history of cocoa production in West Africa shows that commercial cocoa production began in the Gold Coast (Ghana) in the 1890s. By the 1920s, Ghana had become the world’s leading cocoa producer, accounting for over half of all production. Ghana continued to be a leading producer of cocoa until 1978, when Cote d’Ivoire topped Ghana as the world’s largest cocoa bean producer. It has since become the leading producer, with about a 40% share of global production. This study aimed to analyze the competitiveness and similarity of the Ivorian and Ghanaian cocoa sectors. Time series data (2011–2020) from FAOSTAT was used to analyze the level of competitiveness and similarity between the two largest cocoa-producing countries in West Africa. The analysis was conducted using the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Product Similarity Index (PSI), and Quality Similarity Index (QSI). The findings indicate that the two countries are strong competitors in cocoa exports and have the same quality of products. 2020 and 2017 witnessed the weakest competition between the two countries, with a similarity index of 0.53 and 0.60, respectively. It is concluded that the two economies (especially Ghana) guard against over-dependence on cocoa exports because a disruption in production would have a great shock on the economy.

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“…Hummels and Klenow, 2005; Mau 2019), or specifically in agri-food trade (e.g. Janský, 2010;Smutka et al, 2019). Hallak (2006) also claims that differences in quality are better seen between less homogeneous goods, whereas goods exhibiting uniform features differ in quality to a lower extent.…”

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Poland is one of the largest agricultural producers within European Union (EU). Since joining EU in 2004, Poland has significantly increased its agri-food trade turnover and strengthened its net exporter standing in this regard. With the understanding that countries exporting similar goods to a specific market can be considered competitors, the examination covered similarities in Poland’s export of agri-food products compared to the two largest agricultural producers in EU, namely Germany and France, in three markets: EU-28, China and United States. The agri-food export was analyzed in terms of structure, value and quality, using ComExt data. The growth of the Polish agri-food trade following the accession to the European Union, allowed the country to become a competitor to the common market’s biggest agricultural producers. Poland’s competitiveness in the US market in relation to Germany is also rising. On the other hand, looking at the Chinese market, the value of the exported agri-food products is too low to consider Poland a major competitor to Germany or France. Poland’s competitiveness in the trade of agri-food products is relatively well covered in the literature, but the studies usually focus on the issue of volume and structure or comparative advantages. The export similarity is omitted, in particular with regard to Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) and to quality similarities issues. The study also suggests a way to identify countries similar in terms of export structure that is based on entire population results. This study fills in a certain research gap that emerged in the context of CEEC, consisting in the analysis of Poland's export in the background of EU’s largest agricultural producers.

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The Czech Agrarian Trade Comparative Advantages Distribution Based on Value and Volume Approach

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Market analysis on cocoa beans export: The case of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire in West Africa

Similarity and Competition of Polish Agri-food Export with the Largest Agricultural Producers in the EU. Analysis of EU, US and China Market

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