Question

Agricultural commodities having comparative advantage in india

Answer 1

no , the dont have comparitive advantages in India

Answer 2

Introduction

Indian agricultural commodities have come to

occupy a supreme position in the global market over

the years. Today, India is a major supplier of several

agricultural commodities like tea, coffee, rice, spices,

cashew, oil meals, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, meat

and its preparations and marine products to the

international market. However, the country faces

fierce competition from other major players in the

field, both the existing and new entrants in the fray.

Ironically, the major challenge is from within Asia

itself where countries like China, Malaysia,

Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia

among others pose a big threat to Indian agricultural

products.Ten major agricultural commodities/commodity

groups were selected for the analysis, based on their

respective shares in India’s total agricultural exports.

They were tea, coffee, rice, spices, cashew, oil meals,

fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, meat and meat

preparations, and marine products. During the period

under study (1991-2004), these commodities

together accounted for more than 65 per cent of

India’s total agricultural export earnings from the

world.