an analysis for india and china - icrier

womens/girls jackets, of other textile materials, knitted and gloves mittens&mitts,o/t for
sport,of leather o of composition leather. In 2003, India and China complement each
other in commodities such as mens/boys overcoats, anoraks etc, of cotton, knitted,
womens/girls dresses, of wool or fine animal hair, not knitted, shawls,scarves,veils & the
like,of other textile materials, not knitted and mens/boys jackets and blazers, of cotton,
knitted.
Footwear (SITC-85): India and China complement each other in commodities
like uppers and parts thereof, other than stiffeners, waterproof footwear, outer sole/upper
of rubber/plastic, coverg knee, nes and footweal, outr sole/uppr of leather, strap across
the instep/arnd big toe in 2000. In 2003, footwear, outr sole/ uppr of leathr, strap across
the instep/ arnd big toe is the only commodity where both India and China continue to
complement each other.
8 Main Findings and Conclusions
In this paper revealed comparative advantage has been analyzed at both the two
and six digit level of HS classification for both India and China. Our analysis reveals that
the pattern of comparative advantage varies at different levels of commodity disaggregation.
Sectors that rank among the top ten according to the value of the index of
RCA are not necessarily able to retain their position when ranked according to
comparative advantage at the 6 digit constituent commodity level. In the case of India,
other than cotton, no other sector that ranks among the top ten according to the value of
the RCAI retains its comparative ranking at the dis-aggregated level. For China, other
made textiles, sets, worn clothing is so positioned. Simultaneously, there are also some
sectors where either of the countries may be disadvantageously placed at the aggregate
level but may enjoy comparative advantage at the constituent commodity level.
A the six digit level of classification, the commodities that rank among the top
100 according to the index of RCA while being dispersed across various sectors, are
largely drawn from sectors like organic chemicals, cotton, salt, sulphur, earth, stone,
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