Export Competition Between China and Other Asian Economies: Vying for Quantity, Quality or Variety?*

Lu Xiaodong
Lingnan (University) College of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

 
Abstract: China and some other Asian economies are the main providers of manufactured goods to the world. Similar geographical distribution, endowment structure and level of economic development mean that there is fierce competition among Asian economies in the international market. In an effort to understand thoroughly the model of export competition of Asian economies, this paper breaks the trade flow data into the quantity, variety and quality. The main conclusions are as follows: First, the export competition of the Asian economies takes place at the several levels of quantity, quality and variety, and the competitive advantage of different countries and regions lies in different aspect; second, the variety and quality of exports are closely related to the economic development level; third, there are strong trade ties among the Asian economies competing in the world commodity market; fourth, bigger countries export more products in terms of quantity; fifth, the change from quantity competition to quality and variety competition is the only way for China to achieve sustainable export growth.
Keywords: Asian economies, export quantity, export variety, export quality

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