CARIFORUM and UK EPA Study

7.15 Assessment of National Export Competitiveness Across CARIFORUM

Table 38: Main Competitive Exports by Country based on Regional RCA Indices

Main Exports by Country based on Regional Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) Indices

Reporting Economy Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda

Product/Sector

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 4.05 3.20 4.98 4.79 3.09 6.72 7.16 8.73 11.06 1.71 1.38 1.23 3.07 3.81 3.50 3.44 3.43 3.78 2.32 2.54 2.95 2.55 2.54 2.63 1.14 1.15 1.12 1.12 1.14 1.11 1.08 1.08 1.10 1.12 1.10 1.12 1.62 1.41 1.17 1.06 0.98 0.97 1.13 0.98 0.85 0.73 1.04 0.66 1.09 1.06 1.05 1.02 1.01 0.93 0.88 0.89 0.95 1.06 1.06 1.08 1.53 2.43 1.79 2.21 1.97 1.57 1.19 1.17 1.51 0.32 0.29 0.00 1.73 1.87 1.78 2.13 1.81 2.68 3.59 3.55 2.61 1.61 1.39 1.13 0.95 1.21 0.81 1.03 0.80 0.50 0.55 0.53 2.15 2.01 1.80 2.36 1.25 0.93 1.32 1.17 1.22 0.79 1.20 1.68 1.71 1.81 1.32 1.12 4.88 3.55 1.89 1.48 1.63 1.11 1.83 2.03 1.16 2.29 2.23 2.27 3.58 1.56 3.46 3.51 3.35 3.84 2.68 3.38 3.46 4.38 6.60 6.87 2.36 1.20 1.41 1.32 0.00 1.51 0.00 0.00 1.38 0.00 2.07 1.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.53 4.54 4.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.87 4.32 4.44 4.38 2.40 4.07 4.33 4.45 4.00 4.36 4.39 4.60 1.04 1.27 2.72 2.73 2.45 2.32 2.57 2.63 2.22 2.58 2.20 2.39 1.04 1.26 1.02 0.95 0.96 0.94 1.12 1.14 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.40 0.00 2.30 2.30 2.32 3.25 1.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.03 8.80 6.38 4.91 8.63 0.00 14.69 8.95 0.00 0.00 1.72 0.00 10.79 8.25 11.85 8.59 10.28 11.64 7.84 24.17 10.30 16.01 17.43 12.32 6.29 7.04 6.05 6.72 8.22 3.38 1.96 2.88 2.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.62 2.71 2.81 2.82 2.92 3.32 3.58 3.02 1.69 5.42 12.74 16.23 1.12 1.14 1.10 1.13 1.08 1.09 1.04 1.03 1.02 1.01 1.08 1.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.29 6.20 5.58 0.00 5.59 11.16 0.00 0.00 1.46 1.30 1.37 1.57 1.64 2.21 2.31 3.13 2.79 4.72 12.29 7.89 4.51 3.73 3.71 3.47 3.65 2.82 2.48 3.56 2.59 4.55 2.00 1.66 1.48 1.40 1.22 1.10 1.23 1.03 0.96 0.98 1.12 1.10 0.97 0.99 1.00 1.02 1.00 0.99 0.98 0.98 0.98 1.00 1.01 1.01 1.48 1.59 1.40 1.37 0.97 1.20 1.65 1.82 1.79 1.85 1.89 1.98 3.74 3.77 4.20 4.19 5.10 4.12 4.49 4.25 3.84 4.01 3.88 3.58 1.30 2.39 2.56 2.52 2.87 2.05 0.00 0.00 1.24 0.00 0.00 1.08 0.95 0.90 0.88 0.71 0.90 0.68 0.94 0.99 0.96 1.00 0.93 0.91 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.36 8.06 6.09 7.47 12.10 13.74 1.77 3.09 3.21 3.22 2.62 1.84 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.12 6.13 5.83 10.40 5.96 3.66 2.71 3.74 8.43 8.40 1.15 1.13 1.10 1.10 1.15 1.14 1.18 1.14 1.15 1.15 1.14 1.15 1.27 2.07 1.52 1.96 1.81 3.64 0.00 1.17 0.00 0.30 0.25 0.23 1.01 1.01 1.03 1.01 1.01 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.00 0.87 0.99 0.82 1.36 1.44 1.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.04 1.09 1.00 0.84 0.89 0.84 0.86 0.90 0.92 1.08 1.07 1.03 1.08 1.08 1.10 1.79 1.66 1.26 2.30 2.15 3.52 2.55 2.40 2.22 2.74 2.69 2.70 8.48 12.03 11.25 7.51 0.00 5.53 9.32 0.00 7.34 12.65 11.37 10.23 5.21 5.59 5.98 5.87 10.05 12.30 11.58 8.66 13.62 4.72 3.44 1.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22.22 25.03 28.46 0 0 0 1.55 0.00 7.84 9.49 10.53 10.57 0.00 0.00 6.03 31.46 44.00 41.47 25.76 28.77 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.11 9.20 10.70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Insurance and pension services

Transport

Bahamas Bahamas Barbados Barbados Barbados Barbados

Travel

Other business services

Travel

Insurance and pension services

Charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e

Other business services

Belize Belize Belize

Telecommunications, computer, and information serv

Other business services

Government goods and services n.i.e.

Dominica Dominica Dominica

Telecommunications, computer, and information serv

Other business services

Government goods and services n.i.e.

Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by

Government goods and services n.i.e.

Grenada Grenada Guyana Guyana Guyana Guyana Guyana

Travel

Telecommunications, computer, and information serv

Insurance and pension services

Financial services

Charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e Telecommunications, computer, and information serv

0

Other business services

Haiti Haiti Haiti Haiti

Travel

Financial services

Telecommunications, computer, and information serv

Government goods and services n.i.e.

Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica

Transport

Travel

Telecommunications, computer, and information serv

Personal, cultural, and recreational services

Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis

Transport

Travel

Financial services

Other business services

Government goods and services n.i.e.

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Lucia

Travel

Insurance and pension services

Commercial services

Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesTransport Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesTravel

Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesTelecommunications, computer, and information serv

Suriname Suriname

Other business services

Government goods and services n.i.e.

0

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago

Transport

Insurance and pension services

Source: WTO Database and Author's Calculations.

As it relates to the domestic performance of individual CARIFORUM States, all countries showed at least weak to moderate levels of comparative advantage in two or more export services sectors, with a total of 9 of the 15 countries registering some level of comparative advantage in three or more sectors. The services sectors which were the most dominant for the remaining six countries of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, The Dominican Republic, Grenada, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, were Insurance and Pension Services, Travel Services, Manufacturing Services on Physical Inputs Owned by the UK, Telecommunications, Computer and Information Services, Other Business services and Transport services, respectively.

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