Export

3.3. Model Specification In order to assess the relative impact of various factors on export performance, a multiplicative model will be adopted. The model to be adopted will be in the following form; X_t=β_0 〖R_t〗^β1 〖Y_t〗^fβ2 〖〖Ag〗_t〗^β3 〖A_t〗^β4 ε_t…………………………..1) Where: X_t= Quantity of horticultural exports in tonnes β_0= Constant β_1-β_4=Regression coefficients R_t= Real exchange rate 〖Y_t〗^f= Foreign income captured by GDP per capita of major trading partners 〖Ag〗_t= Agricultural GDP…

price and another increase in 1979 with a corresponding decline in the terms of trade. Higher oil prices impacted the New Zealand’s growth in several ways in the mid of 1970. The growth and the distribution demand was impacted for the New Zealand’s exports. In 1984, change was required for the New Zealand’s economy because unemployment rate was rising. There were number of…

historically been of strategic importance to the Cuban economy due to itsmultiplier effect on other sectors of the economy, its ability to generate export income and increase gross national product, create employment, and contribute to food production. Cuba’s agricultural sector has been characterized by a high level of specialization in sugarcane production for export purposes. This heavy focus on sugarcane production had resulted in a severe lack of domestic food diversity and production, thus…

and Std. Dev. Diff.}: Mean Diff is the difference in average wages paid in the firms serving both domestic and export markets and the firms serving only domestic market. To construct this variable, I first find the economy wide mean of the average wages paid in domestic firms and exporting firms, then I subtract the mean of average wages of domestic firms from the…

This recent slowdown in exports is very similar to the slowdown in exports in the 1970’s and 1980’s. The commodity prices and high exchange rates are what drive the competitiveness of the country’s resource and non-resource exporters over the last 10 years (Atkin & Connolly, 2013). The high exchange price, paired with the low-cost competitors in Asia, drive down the exports of the country because other countries want the cheapest import options,…

The impact of increased petroleum exports has contributed to growth in other sectors of the economy and it has since reduced over dependency on one economic activity. Egypt’s infrastructure has improved in recent years to help movements of raw materials from mainland to sea ports. Transportation…

3. Literature Review There have been growing concern from many researchers to study furniture industry. Haque et al (2013) studied regarding market prospect and challenges of furniture product from Malaysia by using export competitiveness and revealed comparative advantage methodes. Lee et al (2004) conducted study regarding correlation between furniture product knowledge and consumers’ satisfaction by using fuzzy linguistic and they also studied to predict consumers’ satisfaction based on the…

down on approximately 6.352 (ieconomics,2015) is showed below. This devaluation of 2% against USD is a trigger to affect Chinese economy and also the economies of the rest of the world. The obviously advantage is the acceleration of the Chinese export that the would largest total amount…

The balance on trade figures shows that from 1973-74 UK had difficulties in restricting imports; the deficit on net exports increased by vast fromUS$ -3958367690 to US$ -9161318512(see table 2). However since 1975 U.K has attempted to decrease these deficits from about US$-3437500272 to a surplus net exports US$ 13346502440 until 1980(see table 2).Interestingly, UK managed to accomplish this positive outcome by evaluating industry performance in home and overseas markets (Hitiris&Bedrossian…

Trade Vanuatu is greatly dependent on its international trade due to its relatively undeveloped industry. The country’s economy is opening as imports are growing and exports (although there has been a strong decline due to the 2008 depression) are also generally on a growing path (see Graph 1). 9 Graph 1: Vanuatu imports and exports growth (in million €) 0 200 400 600 800 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Import ExportImports Imports total up to $242 million, commodities include…