an analysis for india and china - icrier
an analysis for india and china - icrier
an analysis for india and china - icrier
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Figure 2: China: Top sectors according to RCAI <strong>an</strong>d RCA (>1) f : 2003<br />
RCAf<br />
140<br />
120<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
RCAf<br />
RCAI<br />
12<br />
10<br />
8<br />
6<br />
4<br />
2<br />
RCAI<br />
0<br />
28 29 42 46 50 52 55 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 73 84 85 86 95<br />
Sector codes (HS)<br />
0<br />
As against India where cotton, i.e. HS-52 appears among the top r<strong>an</strong>king sector<br />
according to both the criteria of value of RCAI <strong>an</strong>d the number of constituent<br />
commodities with comparative adv<strong>an</strong>tage, <strong>for</strong> China, the sector Other made textiles, sets,<br />
worn clothing i.e. HS- 63 is so positioned.<br />
5.2.2 Commodity-wise<br />
In terms of individual commodities (HS-6 digit), gallium, hafnium, indium,<br />
niobium, rhenium/thallium, unwrought, waste; powder with index value of 28.7 r<strong>an</strong>ks the<br />
highest. It is followed by items like type writers, electric nes (RCAI =16.1), articles of<br />
hum<strong>an</strong> hair, nes (RCAI =13.80), raw silk (RCAI =13.62), lighting sets of a kind used <strong>for</strong><br />
Christmas tree (RCAI =13.62) <strong>an</strong>d pick up cartridges (RCAI =13.13) as the next five<br />
commodities r<strong>an</strong>ked according to their index of RCA 8 .<br />
8 Complete list of commodities in which China enjoys adv<strong>an</strong>tage in the world market in 2000 <strong>an</strong>d 2003 is<br />
available with the author<br />
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