an analysis for india and china - icrier

Table 5.4 : India : Sectors with a disadvantage at the aggregate level* and
advantage at the disaggregated level # : 2003
Rank HS Code Sector No. of Commodities
1 33 Essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toileteries 2
2 85 Electrical, electronic equipment 2
3 51 Wool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric thereof 1
4 70 Glass and glassware 1
5 80 Tin and articles thereof 1
6 91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 1
*: HS-2 (RCAI1 and rank in top 100)
5.2 China
In all China enjoys comparative advantage in the world market in 47 sectors and
1828 commodities out of 97 sectors and 4923 commodities exported respectively by
China to the world. The sectors with the maximum number of commodities where China
has comparative advantage in the world market are articles of electrical and electronic
equipment, manufacture of leather, toys, organic chemicals, articles of apparel and
cotton.
5.2.1 Sector-wise
At the HS 2-digit level China holds comparative advantage in 47 sectors 6 .
Manufactures of plaiting material (HS-46) and bird skin, feathers, artificial flowers,
human hair (HS-67) rank at the top with the highest index value of 10.3 and 10.1
respectively. These are closely followed by sectors like umbrellas, walking sticks, seat
sticks and whips, articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel goods and silk. Toys,
games, sports requisites headgear and parts thereof, Footwear, Gaiters and the like, parts
thereof and other made textile articles, sets, worn clothing etc are other sectors that figure
in the top ten sectors ranked according to the value of the RCA index.
6 For a list of all sectors where China enjoys comparative advantage in world market in 2000 and 2003 refer
Appendix Tables A.5 and A.7 respectively.
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