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Fig. 9.3 Proportion change of Japanese exports (Data sources: China's Customs Bureau of
Statistics website)
Fig. 9.4 Carbon intensity and the export proportion of China
9.5.5 Discussion of the Rationality of the Export Structure
from a Carbon Emission Reducing Perspective
With a stable technology level, if the proportion of exported goods with high carbon
intensity is larger, carbon emissions will be larger. A rational export structure
means that products with lower carbon intensity have a larger proportion while
products with higher carbon intensity have a smaller proportion. In order to discuss
the rationality of the export structure of China and Japan, we put carbon intensity
and export proportion on the y-axis in Figs. 9.4 and 9.5 . The x-axis is arranged
according to carbon intensity, from high level to low level.
Figure 9.4 shows that products with high carbon intensity such as Machinery,
Steel and Steel Products, and Chemical Products have large export proportions in
China, especially Machinery products, which has the largest export proportion and
the second highest carbon intensity.