Tradeflow Study - UNDP Black Sea Trade and Investment Promotion ...
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Where i <strong>and</strong> j indicate industry <strong>and</strong> home country, respectively. On the numerator, x ij<br />
represents exports of industry i in country j to the world. On the denominator the sum of all<br />
countries in BSEC is used for comparative purposes. Thus a comparison is made between<br />
the structure of trade for one BSEC member country, vis-à-vis the structure of all other BSEC<br />
member countries. Therefore, RCA ij > 1 means that industry i in country j has a comparative<br />
advantage (compared with the BSEC average) while if RCA ij