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Table 1 Vollrath’s indices of revealed competitive advantage for Egypt and other major orange suppliers to Russia

From: Demand relationships in orange exports to Russia: a differential demand system approach focusing on Egypt

 

Morocco

Argentina

Egypt

Greece

Turkey

South Africa

Relative export advantage (RXA) = Balassa’s RCA index

 1996

34.96

0.72

9.35

7.21

1.62

10.35

 2000

19.70

0.38

27.66

7.57

2.47

13.82

 2004

15.02

0.67

15.16

7.62

2.29

18.76

 2008

18.85

0.61

47.90

8.94

2.82

23.63

 2012

7.91

0.24

41.12

8.69

5.42

23.37

 2014

5.81

0.25

40.87

10.15

4.16

24.48

 Average 1996–2014

16.11

0.58

26.24

9.45

3.38

18.73

Natural logarithm of the relative export advantage (lnRXA)

 1996

3.55

−0.33

2.24

1.98

0.48

2.34

 2000

2.98

−0.98

3.32

2.02

0.90

2.63

 2004

2.71

−0.40

2.72

2.03

0.83

2.93

 2008

2.94

−0.49

3.87

2.19

1.04

3.16

 2012

2.07

−1.45

3.72

2.16

1.69

3.15

 2014

1.76

−1.38

3.71

2.32

1.42

3.20

 Average 1996–2014

2.66

−0.64

3.11

2.23

1.13

2.89

Relative trade advantage (RTA)

 1996

34.96

0.54

9.35

7.08

1.44

10.32

 2000

19.70

−0.81

27.66

7.52

2.47

13.77

 2004

15.02

0.64

15.16

6.55

2.05

18.74

 2008

18.85

0.47

47.90

8.57

2.60

23.52

 2012

7.91

0.24

41.11

8.52

5.18

23.32

 2014

5.81

0.24

40.87

10.06

4.01

24.40

 Average 1996–2014

16.11

0.38

26.24

9.21

3.19

18.68

Revealed competitiveness index (RC)

 1996

17.19

1.41

16.72

4.02

2.18

5.94

 2000

16.40

−1.15

17.51

4.98

7.60

5.55

 2004

9.03

3.15

9.39

1.96

2.25

7.17

 2008

11.74

1.50

18.95

3.19

2.54

5.42

 2012

16.52

6.42

8.67

3.96

3.09

6.11

 2014

16.19

3.21

10.27

4.71

3.37

5.66

 Average 1996–2014

15.04

2.76

12.72

3.98

4.02

6.15

  1. Source: Author’s calculations based on data from the World Bank, WITS (2015)