Export Value
Import Value
Export Growth
Import Growth
Export Share
Import Share
Trade Share
Trade Intensity
Regional Hirschmann
Sectoral Hirschmann
RCA
Regional Orientation
Complementarity
Competitiveness
IIT (Sectoral)
IIT (Aggregate)
IIT (Sectoral Marginal)
IIT (Aggregate Marginal)
Regional Market Share
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Regional Orientation
The regional orientation index tells us whether exports of a particular product from the region
under study to a given destination are greater than exports of the same product to other destinations. In other words,
it measures the importance of intra-regional exports relative to extra-regional exports.
Definition:
The index is the ratio of two shares. The numerator is the share of a country’s exports of a given product to the region of interest in total exports to the region. The denominator is the share of exports of the product to other countries in total exports to other countries.
Range of values:
Takes a value between 0 and +∞. A value greater than unity implies a regional bias in exports.
For further note on this indicator, including an example and formula, see the relevant section of Trade Statistics in Policymaking: A Handbook of Commonly Used Trade Indices and Indicators. |