Factors decomposition of carbon emissions embodied in China's agricultural export

Abstract

An input-output model is established to calculate the volume of carbon emissions embodied in China's agricultural export and its distribution in China's agricultural sectors during the period of 2001-2013. The contributing factors in growth of carbon emissions embodied in China's agricultural export is then decomposed into scale effect, structure effect and technical effect, with which overall and sectional analysis are made through LMDI model. The empirical results show that scale effect is the main reason for the rise of carbon emissions embodied in China's agricultural export. Technical effect is the most important factor to inhibit the growth of embodied carbon emissions from agricultural export products. But it does not necessarily lead to a drop of embodied carbon emissions of agricultural products due to the increases of the rigid demand for energy and intensity of energy consumption in China's agricultural sectors. The influence of structure effect on changes of carbon emissions embodied in China's agricultural export remains less significant so far.