Measuring the International Trade Competitiveness of China's Aquatic Products from 2008–18

Tan, Liqun; Wu, Chang-Li; Qu, Ying

doi:10.2112/si106-038.1

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“…Aquaculture has expanded rapidly at different coastal regions of China and was responsible for large‐scale loss and fragmentation of wetland habitats through land reclamation and conversion along the coast of the South China Sea (Peng et al, 2013; Spalding et al, 2014). Although China is the biggest exporter of aquatic products (USD 21.55 billion) and the third largest importer (USD 11.92 billion) of aquatic products, increasing aquaculture costs, falling market demand, and rising international trade barriers pose great challenges to the sustainable development of trade in China's aquatic products, especially after the financial crisis of (Tan et al, 2020). China is focused on increasing production and expanding exports of aquaculture products.…”

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Dynamics of aquaculture governance

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Yang

et al. 2023

J World Aquaculture Soc

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Aquaculture is a growing industry with an annual growth rate that is far superior to the population growth rate. Most production occurs in lower‐ and middle‐income countries, and therefore, they can improve the efficiency and modernize the production systems to increase exports to earn foreign exchange earnings for economic and social development. The institutional arrangements should be part of the mechanisms that ensure sustainable aquaculture growth, through the participation of all stakeholders. Sustainability is possible with good and dynamic governance through which the industry embraces the basic principles of governance, equity, accountability, efficiency, and predictability. Over the past decade, several countries made changes in governance and implemented regulations through their action plans to improve aquaculture productivity, and stakeholders profited from the changes made along the value chain. For the producers to benefit from the value‐added products, they complied with the regulations imposed by the importing countries, international regulatory bodies, or their own consumers. Standards increased, and the implementation of certification resulted in changes in the industrial structure. These standards, which inflict regulatory cost on producers, stimulated an improvement in productivity and product quality. However, during the last decade, production growth declined from 5.8% from 2001 to 2010 to 4.5% from 2011 to 2018, resulting in the elusive realization of the potential of meeting the sustainable development targets. There is a need for a paradigm shift that encourages small‐scale producers to engage in sustainable intensive aquaculture. The challenge is, therefore, to move toward production intensification and expansion, and the harmonization of national and international regulations to ensure the supply of safe and adequate fish to consumers, while maintaining a sustainable production system, and at the same time conserving the environment and maintaining social and economic stability. With good governance and political will, the social, economic, and environmental objectives for attaining the Sustainable Development Goals during the period 2020–2030 are possible if governments integrate sustainable aquaculture developments within an expanded aquatic and terrestrial food security policy framework using systems thinking and open innovation approaches.

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Dynamics of aquaculture governance

Jolly

Nyandat²,

Yang

et al. 2023

J World Aquaculture Soc

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“…The quality and added-value of shellfish products in China still needs to be improved (Feng, 2019). Tan et al quantitatively analyzed the competitive advantages and market share of Chinese shellfish trade (Tan et al, 2020). Despite the huge scale of mariculture shellfish industry in China, the mariculture structure of shellfish "high at both ends and low in the middle" still has gaps in meeting the demands for consumers (Tan et al, 2020).…”

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“…Tan et al quantitatively analyzed the competitive advantages and market share of Chinese shellfish trade (Tan et al, 2020). Despite the huge scale of mariculture shellfish industry in China, the mariculture structure of shellfish "high at both ends and low in the middle" still has gaps in meeting the demands for consumers (Tan et al, 2020). The shellfish industry tends to be low-level and redundant, with making profit as the single target (Niu, 2015;Miao et al, 2021).…”

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Assessing potential driving factors of the ecosystem service value of mariculture shellfish in China using a structural equation modeling approach

Wang

Lyu

et al. 2023

Front. Mar. Sci.

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China is one of the major mariculture countries for shellfish in the world and provides more than 70% of the total global shellfish production. However, there is limited knowledge of the potential driving factors of the ecosystem service value of mariculture shellfish in China. Understanding what factors and how they drive the ecosystem can provide reference for further improving the ecosystem service value of mariculture shellfish, which is both theoretically and practically important for promoting the development of marine fishery economy in China. In this study, data of six major mariculture shellfish species in nine coastal provinces of China from 2009 to 2020 were analyzed using a structural equation modeling approach to quantify the effects of resource distribution characteristics and market demand on the ecosystem service value of mariculture shellfish in China. The results indicated that both resource distribution characteristics and market demand are important driving factors of the ecosystem service value of mariculture shellfish in China. Specifically, from the perspective of path coefficient, market demand plays a more important role (0.58) than resource distribution characteristics (0.36) in influencing the ecosystem service value of mariculture shellfish in China. Therefore, the research results for shellfish marine culture can be summarized as: (1) to actively respond to changes in shellfish market demand, (2) to enhance development planning for coastal shellfish cultivation area, and (3) to strengthen systematic management of mariculture shellfish resources. Results of this study could provide theoretical support and serve as a basis for promoting sustainable development of shellfish culturing industry and fisheries economy in China.

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“…Regarding the classificatory study on agri-food export competitiveness, most researchers have studied the cotton industry [25], fruit and vegetable industry [26,27], soybean industry [28], aquatic products [29,30], and livestock products [31]. These studies mainly applied the IMS, CMS, RCA, TC, and diamond models to measure export competitiveness.…”

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Changes in Agri-Food Export Competitiveness Based on the Sophistication Analysis: The Case of Xinjiang, China

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The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is a major agri-food export contributor within China. Growing quality requirements for agri-food export, increasing green trade barriers, and a desire to emphasize sustainable trade at regional levels have prompted Xinjiang to pay increased attention to agri-food export competitiveness. The paper uses the export sophistication index to investigate the overall and classificatory export competitiveness of Xinjiang’s Agricultural Products (APs). The results are compared to the national average within China by calculating the relative export sophistication. The research finds that (1) Xinjiang’s APs exports are predominant in medium and medium-low-sophistication products. Along with the expanding scale, its structure has been optimized overall. (2) Horticultural products keep a leading position, not having strong competitiveness in Xinjiang but also far exceeding the national average. However, the bulk APs, livestock products, aquatic products, beverages and tobacco, and other APs have no significant export competitiveness compared to the national average. (3) The export structure of Xinjiang’s APs is highly concentrated in horticultural products, showing an adverse trend in export competitiveness distribution—”the strong getting stronger and the weak getting weaker,” and a slower upgrading than the national average since the outbreak of COVID-19, which requires the attention of policymakers.

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Measuring the International Trade Competitiveness of China's Aquatic Products from 2008–18

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Dynamics of aquaculture governance

Dynamics of aquaculture governance

Assessing potential driving factors of the ecosystem service value of mariculture shellfish in China using a structural equation modeling approach

Changes in Agri-Food Export Competitiveness Based on the Sophistication Analysis: The Case of Xinjiang, China

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