Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 9.1
Major exports of China and Japan
China
Japan
The sixth category
33.83 %
The sixteenth category
49.81 %
The eleventh category
21.33 %
The fifteenth category
11.43 %
The fifteenth category
5.80 %
The sixth category
8.52 %
The fourth category
4.77 %
The eighteenth category
8.29 %
The sixth category
4.67 %
The seventeenth category
6.64 %
The twentieth category
4.35 %
The seventh category
6.46 %
The eighteenth category
3.74 %
The eleventh category
3.46 %
The fifth category
3.68 %
The fifth category
1.66 %
The seventeenth category
2.93 %
The tenth category
1.17 %
The seventh category
2.39 %
The thirteenth category
1.01 %
Data sources:China's Customs Bureau of Statistics website
Cement (the thirteenth category), Transportation Equipment (the seventeenth cate-
gory), Foods (the fourth category) and Furniture Manufacturing (the twentieth
category).
9.5
Results
9.5.1 Carbon Intensity of the Main Exports
We use the input-output method to calculate the carbon intensity of the main traded
goods between China and Japan (Tables
9.2
and
9.3
).
Table
9.2
shows that the carbon intensity of Chinese exports declined between
2002 and 2007, except for Machinery. The carbon intensity of Japanese exports also
declined between 2000 and 2005, except for Furniture Manufacturing, as shown
in Table
9.3
. From Table
9.2
and
9.3
we can see that except for Steel and Steel
Products, Chinese exports have higher carbon intensity than Japanese exports.
9.5.2 Relationship Between Export Competitiveness and Carbon
Intensity
We use industry-level carbon intensity data, the TC indexes, and industry dummy
variables to analyze the relationship between export competitiveness and carbon
intensity. Running stata10, the results are as follows:
Table
9.4
shows that there exists a significant and positive relationship between
Chinese export competitiveness and carbon intensity, but that this relationship is
negative and insignificant in Japan. The significant relationship indicates that the
more competitive the Chinese export is, the higher carbon intensity it will have.
