Textile And Clothing Exports From India And Bangladesh: A Competitive Analysis Through Rca And Rsca Index

ABSTRACT

The present study focuses on the revealed comparative advantage and revealed symmetric advantage of the Textileand clothing trade in India and Bangladesh and explores the various determinants that influence competitiveness of India and Bangladesh in the international trade. For the analysis, secondary data has been taken majorly from two sources viz; UN-Comtrade and World Trade Organization. The study has considered the comparative advantage of India’s Textile and Clothing industry based on Balassa’s RCA indices. Various studieshave been prepared for India and Bangladesh, which has highlighted the number of items having comparative higher RCA over the period of 2005-2018. The study has found the dynamics of the textiles with respect to other nations in general and Bangladesh in particular. Through the analyses it has proved that India has more comparative advantage in the Textile and Cotton sector in Bangladesh from 2005 to 2018.The study has used 2 –digit classification of harmonized system data of 14 main products over the period.

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