Research on Trade Characteristics of Agricultural Products Between Yunnan and RCEP Member Countries
Agricultural products trade is an important part of the cooperation between China and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement(RCEP)member countries,and also a major part of Yunnan's export trade.RCEP can provide a good opportunity for the export trade of agricultural products.Based on the 2010-2021 agricultural trade data between Yunnan and RCEP member states,this paper analyzes the trade volume,mar-ket structure,product structure,competitiveness and complementarity of agricultural trade between Yunnan and RCEP member countries by using Revealed Comparative Advantage Index,Trade Complementarity Index and Intra-industry Trade Index.The results show that trade concentration is high in market structure and product structure.The overall competitiveness of Yunnan agricultural products trade has decreased,but it still has strong international com-petitiveness.Agricultural trade with RCEP member countries is competitive and complementary at the same time,but complementarity is the main factor and competition is the auxiliary factor.Yunnan Province should exert its own com-petitive advantages,strengthen regional cooperation,optimize product structure,build green food brand,make full use of cross-border e-commerce platform to improve the competitiveness of Yunnan's agricultural products.