Revealed comparative advantage and competitiveness of Mexican mango exports

Abstract

In 2020, Mexico positioned itself as the fourth producer and the main exporter of mango, supplying around 18.44% of the world market and 88.28% of the US market, being the main importer. An analysis of the competitiveness of the Mexican mango in the world market was carried out from 1994 to 2020, by calculating the index of revealed comparative advantage (IVCR) and normalized revealed comparative advantage (IVCRN), with the purpose of knowing the export specialization of Mexico and thus be able to determine the presence of comparative advantages in exports. The average values obtained for the US market were 1.09 (IVCR) and 0.04 (IVCRN), for the Canadian market it was 6.33 (IVCR) and 0.69 (IVCRN), reflecting that the Mexican mango export sector is competitive and has comparative advantages. because the indices are positive.

Keywords: comparative advantage, competitiveness indices, production, market.