Trade Competitiveness of Pakistani Dates Sector in Global Market | [Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences • 2020]

Author(s):

1. Waqar Akhtar: Social Sciences Research Institute (SSRI), NARC, Park Road Chak Shahzad Islamabad, Pakistan

2. Abdul Jabbar: International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

3. Muhammad Qasim: Social Sciences Division, PARC, Islamabad, Pakistan

4. Abid Hussain: Social Sciences Division, PARC, Islamabad, Pakistan

5. Muhammad Zubair A n wa r: Social Sciences Division, PARC, Islamabad, Pakistan

6. Rashed Saeed: Social Sciences Research Institute (SSRI), PARC, Ayub Agriculture Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Abstract:

This study was aimed to provide insight into the trade competitiveness of Pakistani dates sector in global market. The study probed international competitiveness, trade balance and export unit value realization of dates fruit of Pakistan by applying several trade base indices over the period from 2001 to 2016. Analysis showed that Pakistan has trade competitiveness in date's fruit in world market as indicated by Revealed Comparative Advantages (RCA) 53.1 and Revealed Trade Advantages (RTA) index 48.8 average for the period under analysis. Trade Balance Index (TBI) index 0.80 showed that Pakistan is net-exporter of dates in the global market. However, Pakistan remained a regular importer of date's and faces decreasing import specialization disadvantages during the period under analysis with Revealed Import Advantages (RMA) index 4.4. Despite that Pakistan having revealed comparative advantage in dates export, Pakistan's export unit vale realization was only (51%) of world average. This implicates that Dates exports fetched a low price subdivision in the world market. The export unit vale realization is darned on processing technology which produces low-quality products. To reach the upper subdivision of the world market and to achieve the raised unit value realization quality up- gradation and access to high end markets are needed. To ensure the robust growth in export unit value realization future research should focus on the development of value added products of dates with access to high end markets of world.

Page(s): 81-84

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Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Year: 2020

Keywords:

Pakistan , Trade , competitiveness , dates

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