Description: Revealed Comparative Advantage of Pakistan's Agricultural Exports

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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 fi...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12449

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Summary:	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.