Supply Side Constraints on Export Development in Jamaica

Freckleton, Marie

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“…A study conducted by Gibba, 2017 [13] revealed that the Netherlands, Spain, and Mexico were the main exporters of vegetables, along with 54% of all exported products; fresh tomatoes dominate with more than 40% of the value of the vegetable trade there. Several empirical studies related to the competitiveness of exports to certain countries' markets focused on competitiveness from the supply side, where it only analyzed groups of competing countries [14][15][16]. Capobianco-Uriarte et al, 2021 [17] conducted research on the competitiveness of tomato exports from the market demand perspective by analyzing the main customer market in the context of the European Union using the Constant Market Share (CMS) methodology to analyze variations in exports to assess the competitiveness of the market.…”

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Competitiveness analysis of fresh tomatoes in Indonesia: Turning comparative advantage into competitive advantage

Saptana,

Sukmaya,

Perwita

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Tomato commodity ranks fifth regarding vegetable export volume and value in Indonesia. The main issues with tomato production in Indonesia are seemingly its lack of variations, quantity, quality, and supply continuity. This study aimed to analyze the comparative and the competitive advantages of tomato farming, evaluate the government policy on inputs, outputs, and input-output sectors, and formulate strategic for transforming the comparative advantage into a competitive advantage. Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) and sensitivity analysis were employed as the method with the 75 farmers as the respondents and their Focus Group Discussion (FGD) involving farmer groups, agricultural extension workers, traders, and the Agricultural Service Offices in the respective regencies. The results showed that tomato farming has both its comparative and competitive advantages. Its comparative advantage was higher than its competitive advantage in both dry and wet seasons. In general, tomato farming’s comparative and competitive advantages outside Java were higher than those in Java. Meanwhile, the divergence effects of tomato agribusiness were more beneficial to consumers than producers. It indicates that improving domestic tomato production was more profitable for Indonesia than importing this commodity in terms of domestic resource use. The sensitivity analysis shows that tomato farming was relatively stable regarding productivity and price changes. The suggested strategic policies to apply are transforming tomato farming’s comparative advantage into competitive advantage through productivity enhancement, improvement of distribution efficiency, less market distortion, and government incentives.

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