Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 11.7 shows the composition of China's agricultural exports by
factor ntensty of producton. It can be seen that Chna's agrcultural
exports are overwhelmngly domnated by exports of labour-ntensve
products and that ths domnaton has ncreased snce 2001.
Figure 11.8 shows that China's agricultural imports are biased towards
land-intensive products, accounting for 60.6 per cent and 65 per cent of
China's total agricultural imports during the two periods of 1992-2001 and
2002-05, respectively.
Since its accession into the WTO, China's agricultural trade has been
movng n lne wth ts comparatve advantage and s now more consstent
wth ts resource endowments of relatve scarcty of land resources and
relatve abundance of labour.
Figure 11.7 Shares of China's agricultural exports by factor intensity of
production, 1992-2001 and 2002-2005
100
86.1
90
81.19
80
70
1992-2001
2002-2005
60
50
40
30
18.81
20
13.9
10
0
Labour-intensive
Land-intensive
Sources
: Author's calculaton. Data from 1992 to 2004 are from Unted Natons Statstcs
Division,
Commodity Trade Statistics Database
, COMTRADE. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/
comtrade/default.aspx. Data for 2005 are from Chna General Admnstraton of Customs
(various issues, 2005).
Zhongguo Haiguan Tongji Yuebao
[China Customs Statistical
Monthly Report], Zhongguo Haiguan Chubanshe, Beijing.
