The identification of export opportunities for South Africa in the rest of the African content

Steenkamp, Ermie; Viviers, Wilma

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“…The market access index scores are also provided (see Table ), ranging between 0 and 100. An index score close to 100 indicates a highly accessible market, while an index score close to 0 indicates a highly inaccessible market (Steenkamp, ; see Table ).…”

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“…This strategy entails government providing support in the form of market information about the identified opportunities and disseminating it to appropriate exporters (Cuyvers et al ., ). This is because, with the market share in these markets being relatively small, already limited export promotion resources cannot be allocated to an opportunity that is correspondingly quite small (Steenkamp, ). Export promotion requires active exploration in collaboration with South Africa's foreign offices abroad, which would include organising trade missions and providing financial support for media campaigns in the target country (Cuyvers et al ., ).…”

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Enhancing Industrial Cluster Formation Through the Realistic Export Opportunities of the TRADE‐DSM

Pisa

Viviers

Rossouw

2016

South African J Economics

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This paper explores the natural synergies between industrial cluster formation and the identification of realistic export opportunities (REOs), using the TRADE‐DSM for a resource‐dependent region, the North West Province of South Africa. The structural path analysis and power of pull methods were applied to a provincial social accounting matrix to identify the top industrial clusters. Ten industrial clusters were identified and matched to the results of the TRADE‐DSM. Six of the industrial clusters analysed had REOs. These results provide a basis for focused export market development and for the formalisation of the cluster initiative as a strategy for sustained economic and export growth.

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Enhancing Industrial Cluster Formation Through the Realistic Export Opportunities of the TRADE‐DSM

Pisa

Viviers

Rossouw

2016

South African J Economics

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“…The TRADE-DSM is an international selection method that identifies and prioritises specific target export markets and products. Steenkamp (2011) and provide a detailed overview and comparison of the TRADE-DSM with the gravity model as well as other international market selection methods such as the Trade Opportunity Matrix (TOM) of Canada, the multiple criteria method and the shift share model, among others.…”

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“…The DSM was first developed and applied to identify export opportunities for Belgium and Thailand. The South African TRADE-DSM was adapted from the Belgian and Thai DSMs (Cuyvers, De Pelsmacker, Rayp & Roozen 1995;Cuyvers 2004) to suit the characteristics and data for South Africa Steenkamp 2011). The TRADE-DSM can be computed annually if the data are available.…”

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Identifying the comparative advantage of products and industries of South Africaâ€™s Mpumalanga province

Visser

Pisa

Kleynhans

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3Knowledge of a region’s comparative advantage may dictate its industrial development agenda and realistic export opportunities. Through the effective targeting of specific sectors and industries within the South African provinces, provincial government entities can determine which sector or industry could gain the most from effective targeting for industrial development, development planning and export promotion. This study determined the comparative advantage of South Africa’s Mpumalanga province by estimating the Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (RCA). The study revealed that the products with the highest comparative advantage (RCA) and realistic export opportunities (REO) are manganese products, salted meat (beef), frozen fish, chewing gum, tomatoes, soups and broths. In addition, the results of the RCA analysis were matched to the export opportunities identified by the decision support model (TRADE-DSM) to determine which of the comparative advantage products have realistic export opportunities. Eight of the top 15 comparative advantage products were found to have realistic export opportunities according to the TRADE-DSM.

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“…The final step in filter 4 is assigning a potential export value to each identified product-country combination. Steenkamp (2011) introduced the value calculation in the DSM so that potential export opportunities could be prioritised. The potential export value is calculated as follows:…”

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Identifying accessible export opportunities for South Africa in South America

Jacobs¹,

Viviers²,

Steenkamp³

2014

J. econ. financ. sci.

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Despite the surging demand for imports in South America in recent years, South Africa’s exports to the region have shown relatively low growth. A contributing factor is the prevalence of trade barriers between South Africa and various South American countries. The aim of this study is, firstly, to measure the trade barriers to South Africa’s exports to South America and, secondly, to identify high-potential export opportunities in the form of product-country combinations that can best surmount such barriers. The investigation, which uses a reconstructed Decision Support Model (DSM), reveals that Brazil, Argentina and Chile offer the greatest potential as export markets (in US$ terms) for South Africa, while the most promising product categories are transport-related goods, minerals, vegetables and chemicals. The results of this study should be a useful guide to South Africans planning export initiatives in South America.

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The identification of export opportunities for South Africa in the rest of the African content

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Enhancing Industrial Cluster Formation Through the Realistic Export Opportunities of the TRADE‐DSM

Enhancing Industrial Cluster Formation Through the Realistic Export Opportunities of the TRADE‐DSM

Identifying the comparative advantage of products and industries of South Africaâ€™s Mpumalanga province

Identifying accessible export opportunities for South Africa in South America

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