| Abstrak/Abstract |
The objective of the paper is to measure the comparative advantages of Myanmar’s selected fruits, namely bananas, dates, mangoes, oranges, plums and watermelon using the United Nations Comtrade yearly data during the period 2011 to 2020. The methods of Balassa revealed comparative advantage (RCA), symmetrical revealed comparative advantage (SRCA), and normalized revealed comparative advantage (NRCA) were applied to analyse the levels of fruit exports competitiveness. The results revealed that Myanmar has a high RCA, SRCA and NRCA score in watermelon, medium score in bananas, whereas a loss score in dates, mangoes, oranges, and plums. An important implication of this paper is the need for marketing, value-added processing and export policy reviews that would improve the development of Myanmar’s agricultural sector. This study suggests that Myanmar should focus on improving the ability to produce and maintain market share of the selected fruits in order to increase international competitiveness. |
