An Empirical Study of Chinese Trade Patterns in the Aquatic Industry using the Annual Data of 1987-2019

Abstract

—The study analyzes the import trade patterns of aquatic products of China by using annual data from 1985 to 2019. The research employed the weighted indicators of RM cj to capture the revealed comparative advantage of the China’s import in the aquatic product, and used the weighted indicators of HX cj and HM cj to gauge the China’s export and the import policy intervention. The research shows that China has comparative advantage in the aquatic product import. However, the restriction of the China’s import in aquatic products of 1987-2018 has arisen, and began to boost the import in 2019. China has been protectionist in her trade in the products.