Trade of agricultural products between China and the sixteen CEE countries: a study based on the panel data 2006–2015

ZHANG Xiaheng¹

(1.Business School of Northwest University of Political Science and Law)

【Knowledge Link】Lithuania; Poland; the Czech Republic; Slovenia; Montenegro

【Abstract】This paper is dedicated to the study of the intra-industry trade volume between China and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and China’s trade competitiveness of agricultural products by analyzing the current situation of Sino-CEE agricultural trade and categorizing the structure of agricultural products based on the panel data of agriculture trade between China and the Sixteen CEE countries over the period of 2006–2015. The result of this study reveals that China’s surplus persists but is gradually shrinking; that Sino-CEE agricultural trade has the potential for future growth considering the negligible proportion of China’s trade volume of agricultural products with CEE countries in the total volume of China’s agricultural trade; and that China and CEE countries are complementary trading partners in terms of agricultural products in addition to that China’s agricultural products are fairly competitive in the CEE market.

【Keywords】 CEE-16; trade of agricultural products; trade competitiveness; inter-industry trade; intra-industry trade;

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【Funds】 Supported by the special research project of Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government (17JK1799).

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