Competitiveness of China's Agricultural Product Export to the United States of America

Taking major agricultural product importers at the American market as reference object and using market share and growth rate,this paper analyzed current situation of the competitiveness of China's agricultural product export to the United States of America. It used the Exports Similarity Index to evaluate the competitiveness of China's agricultural product export to USA and it analyzed the competitiveness of China's agricultural product export to USA by the shift share method. Research results indicate that China's agricultural products occupy small portion of American market and are faced with intense competition of many developing countries,especially the Thailand. However,China still has strong export competitiveness and ranks the second place only second to India. Finally,it came up with recommendations for raising the competitiveness of China's agricultural product export to USA and promoting China's agricultural product export to USA.

A Competitive Analysis on the Agricultural Products of China and Thailand in the U. S. Market

This paper selects China and Thailand as a reference object. Based on the U. S. market,it analyzes the export competitiveness of the agricultural products of China and Thailand by market share and growth rate,measures the agricultural products of China and Thailand export competition degree by export product similarity index and estimates the agricultural products of China and Thailand export competitiveness strength by shift share method. The results show that: At present,in the U. S. market,the competition of the agricultural products of China and Thailand is fierce,but export growth of China's agricultural products is faster and more competitive. Finally on how to further improve China's agricultural exports competitiveness in the U. S. market and promote China's agricultural export trade to the U. S. it puts forward the related countermeasures and suggestions.