| A new phenomenon has happened since the 1960’s in the field of international trade,i.e.most of the international trade takes place in the same industry between the countries who own the similar factor endowments and this newly developed trade pattern is called intra-industry trade.Generally speaking, developing intra-industry trade can not only reduce the structural cost of industry,but also avoid the trade conditions from becoming worse and relieve trade conflicts with other countries.As a result,it can help the sustainable development of foreign trade.For a long period of time,the study on intra-industry trade has been focused on manufactured goods and it was not until the 1990’s that foreign scholars focused on the study intra-industry trade of agricultural products.China’s agriculture has been faced up with the serious challenge of trade liberalization after China’s entry to WTO and developing the intra-industry of agricultural products becomes the choice of sustainable development of China’s agricultural products foreign trade.How about its features, influential factors and effects to our national economy and agricultural economy?These questions are worth studying in detail.The author chooses this topic as Ph.D dissertation title in order to anwser these questions.Based on the principle of combining normative analysis with empirical analysis, qualitative analysis with quantitative analysis by using summarized and deductive methods, comparative analysis, mathematical statistics analysis, econometric model analysis, this dissertation focuses on the following aspects:1.The current volume,level and structure of China’s intra-industry trade of agricultural products.In Chapter 3, the author analyzes the intra-industry trade of agricultural products of China and that between China and its main trading partners from 1997 to 2008.The results are as follows:Firstly,the intra-industry trade level of China’s agricultural products is very low and the average level during the mentioned tweleve years is only 29.79%.The main trade pattern of China’s agricultural products is inter-industry trade.Except that the trade pattern of SITC 1 has been changed from inter-industry trade into intra-industry trade,the intra-industry trade level of China’s other three categories is very low.Most of China’s agricultural products belong to inter-industry trade.Secondly,the intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products is dominated by high-quality vertical intra-industry trade and the intra-industry structure of each category and group are very different.Thirdly,the intra-industry trade volume between China and its main trading partners has increased rapidly and the level is not high,dominated by high-quality vertical intra-industry trade with lowly horizontal intra-industry trade level although the volume,level and structure of the bilateral intra-industry trade are quite different.2.Empirical study on factors affecting the intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products based on country level.In Chapter 4,the author analyzes the country level factors affecting the intra-industry trade,vertical intra-industry trade,horizontal intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products by means of econometric model.The results shows that income gap per capita between China and its main trading partners improves the development of intra-industry trade,vertical intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products while it hinders the development of horizontal intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products.The geographical distance between China and its main trading partners hinders the development of intra-industry trade,vertical intra-industry trade,horizontal intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products. Regional preferential trade arrangements, the market size between China and its main trading partners and trade openness of China’s main trading partners have improved the development of total intra-industry trade,vertical intra-industry trade,horizontal intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products.The direct investment volume in China invested by China’s main trading partners and the imbalance degree in agricultural products trade between China and its main trading partners obviously hinders the development of intra-industry trade,vertical intra-industry trade,horizontal intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products.3.Empirical study on factors affecting the intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products based on industry level.In Chapter 5,the author analyzes the industry level factors affecting the intra-industry trade,vertical intra-industry trade,horizontal intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products processing industry by means of econometric model.The results shows that the product differentiation of processed agricultural products,FDI and industry capital intensity in agricultural products processing industry have improved the development of total intra-industry trade,vertical intra-industry trade,horizontal intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products processing industry while scale economy hinders the development of intra-industry trade,vertical intra-industry trade,horizontal intra-industry trade in China’s agricultural products processing industry.4.The study on the effects of the intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products. In Chapter 6,the author analyzes the effects of primary agricultural products’ intra-industry trade on the growth of China’s agricultural GDP, the technological progress and employment effects of China’food processing industry intra-industry trade and the welfare effects of intra-industry in China’s agricultural products.The results show that China’s primary agricultural products intra-industry trade has improved the growth of China’s agricultural GDP.The intra-industry trade of China’food processing industry has improved its technological progress and decreaed its trade adjustment effects. The intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products help increase the producers’surplus and consumers’surplus.5. The study on the countermeasures of developing the intra-industry trade of China’s agricultural products. In Chapter 7,the author puts forward various kinds of proposals such as increasing national income, implementing the strategy of brand and scientific agriculture, developing the agricultural enterprises and its industrialization,utilizing FDI reasonably, developing capital intensity, quicking up the process of regional economic integration,improving the trade enviroment of China’s agricultural products,promoting the logistics industry of China’s agricultural products. |
