Euro-Mediterranean agri-food trade. Contribution to the development of the "Barcelona Process: the Union for the Mediterranean"

Journal title ECONOMIA AGRO-ALIMENTARE
Author/s Gioacchino Pappalardo, Valeria Allegra, Marcella Bucca, Alfonso Silvio Zabà
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2013/1
Language Italian Pages 36 P. 37-72 File size 3139 KB
DOI 10.3280/ECAG2013-001003
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In this study we analyzed trade in agri-food products in Mediterranean countries, included in the Union for the Mediterranean, to identify specialization patterns in the agri-food sector within the Mediterranean basin. Through the rca index (Balassa) it has been possible to assess the growing importance that non European-Union countries are gradually gaining in traditional agri-food sectors, such as fruit and vegetables, and in other agri-food sectors with higher added value, such as processed products, which only a decade earlier, were less competitive. In contrast, the main eu Mediterranean countries show stability in their agri-food specialization model, with a few exceptions mainly concerning products requiring a high degree of manipulation.

Keywords: Union for the Mediterranean, agri-food, trade, rca

Jel codes: F10, F13, F15

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