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non-electrical equipment, n.e.s. (SITC-775) and telecommunications equipment, n.e.s.,
and parts, n.e.s., and accessories of apparatus falling within division 76 (SITC-764).
The largest two categories according to the WDI classification are again the labor
intensive and the resource intensive categories. While the former has 724 items, the latter
has 370 items with comparative advantage for India. Among the labor - intensive
commodities, textile yarn has the maximum number of commodities with comparative
advantage. Other prominent items in this group are made-ups articles, miscellaneous
manufactured articles, wholly or chiefly of textile materials, n.e.s., articles of apparel and
women’s, girls coats, capes and jackets etc. This category although largely reflective of
China’s advantage in the textile sector also has certain other items like watches and
clocks, manufactures of base metal, baby carriages, toys, games and sporting goods and
household equipment of base metal, n.e.s. In the resource intensive category, again the
dominant share is that of fabrics, woven, of man-made textile materials (not including
narrow or special fabrics) and cotton fabrics, woven (not including narrow or special
fabrics).
Table 7.10 : China’s comparative advantage in terms of factor intensity based on
WDI
Category 2000 2003
Resource Intensive 376 370
Human Capital High Technology
Capital Intensive 47 49
Labour Intensive 58 63
Human Capital Labour Intensive - -
Human Capital Low Technology 39 37
Human Capital Low Technology Labour
18 21
Intensive
Human Capital Medium Technology
Capital Intensive 162 147
Labour Intensive 181 198
Labour Intensive 565 724
A detailed list of all three digit manufactured items with their factor intensity is presented
in the Appendix Table A.21.
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