The analysis of intra-industry trade on agricultural products of China 

WANG Jing 

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School of Economics and Management, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China

E-mail: wj2005guomao@yahoo.com.cn


Abstract


By using HS classification, the author has divided total agricultural products into 24 categories. The paper calculated the G-L intra-industry trade index, Brülhart marginal intra-industry trade index, and Thom & McDowell marginal industry trade index for each type of agricultural products during the period from 1996 to 2005 in China. The conclusion shows the overall level of agricultural intra-industry trade is relatively low, and Brülhart index indicates China’s agricultural products decades of improvement mainly from inter-industry trade, at the same time Thom & McDowell index shows that China’s agricultural intra-industry trade growth is mainly from the growth of vertical intra-industry trade.


Keywords


intra-industry trade , G-L index , marginal intra-industry trade index 


Cite this article


WANG Jing. The analysis of intra-industry trade on agricultural products of China. Front Econ Chin, 2009, 4(1): 62‒75 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11459-009-0004-5 


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