Competitiveness analysis of the Portuguese processed tomato sector and development strategies

Ma de Fátima Lorena de Oliveiraa, Mariano Suárez de Cepeda and Rodolfo Bernabéu

Agricultural Economics Review, 2017, vol. Volume 18, issue Issue 01

Abstract: This paper aims to examine the export competiveness of the Portuguese processed tomato sector through a set of indicators used to measure international competitiveness from 1981 to 2013. During the 2011-13 period, we observe a slight improvement in competitiveness indicators. The world price is an important variable for Portuguese tomato paste exports. For tomato paste, we observe inter-industry trade and for other tomato products, a horizontal intra-industry trade is observable. The anchoring of industrial development to agricultural growth will be a predominant factor for the strategy of reducing costs in processed tomato production.

Keywords: International Relations/Trade; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.330602

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