an analysis for india and china - icrier

science based categories of gliders and hang-gliders, balloons, dirigibles and other nonpowered
aircraft and propellers and rotors, and parts thereof in 2003.
Table 7.11: Manufactures in which India and China are advantageously placed in
the science based category
SITC Description Number of commodities
India
54 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 31 26
75 Office machines and automatic data-processing machines 8 21
87 Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus,
n.e.s.
88 Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical
goods, n.e.s.; watches and clocks
792 Aircraft and associated equipment; spacecraft (including
satellites) and spacecraft launch vehicles; parts thereof
China
3 24
25 51
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In the UNCTAD IV – category of commodities with high demand for skill, scale,
capital and technology, the picture for China is broadly similar to that for India, but for
sector- telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and
equipment, where India enjoys comparative advantage for only two commodities in
contrast with 30 for China.
Three Digit Level
At the three digit level India reports growth in all categories of manufactures
according to the ETA classification. China however witnesses an increase in the number
of commodities only for the technology intensive category and a fall in the ULI category.
In 2003 India attains the same level as that of China in natural resource intensive
categories from 2000 to 2003. India has 95 (74 in 2000) commodities in the natural
resource category in comparison to 94 commodities for China. In human capital category,
India has significantly narrowed the difference with China in terms of the number of
commodities for which it enjoys comparative advantage in the world market.
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