The Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) is a trade analysis tool to measure and assess the competitive advantage of the product which the business people need to export. The RCA indicates whether a country's product is in the process of extending the products in which it has a trade potential or simply competitive advantage. The values of an RCA indicate the country's competitiveness vis-à-vis the world. It also helps to assess a country's export potential.
Results indicated that
A value of less than unity implies that the country has a revealed comparative disadvantage in the product.
If the index exceeds unity, the country is said to have a revealed comparative advantage in the product.
Unit : US Dollar Thousand
Product -- HS Code
Year
Laos export to the World
Total exports from Laos
World's exports
World's total exports
RCA
Cabbage -- 070511
2008
6.00
5,427.00
869,389.00
49,196,426.00
0.06
2009
N.A
N.A
N.A
N.A
0.00
2010
63.00
7,804.00
942,967.00
56,352,528.00
0.48
2011
N.A
N.A
N.A
N.A
0.00
2012
N.A
N.A
N.A
N.A
0.00
Coffee -- 090111
2009
36,360.00
36,393.00
13,840,651.00
19,940,647.00
1.44
2010
44,172.00
44,887.00
17,316,192.00
24,292,892.00
1.38
2011
100,445.00
100,466.00
26,139,427.00
36,155,744.00
1.38
2012
73,289.00
73,310.00
23,433,150.00
33,432,241.00
1.43
2008
42,764.00
43,723.00
15,942,351.00
21,958,099.00
1.35
Maize -- 1005
2009
31,736.00
55,082.00
19,839,367.00
77,522,599.00
2.25
2010
32,253.00
43,189.00
23,326,145.00
84,277,771.00
2.70
2011
34,210.00
45,338.00
34,446,927.00
116,989,931.00
2.56
2012
30,360.00
42,835.00
35,496,971.00
118,046,875.00
2.36
2008
17,946.00
22,621.00
27,175,240.00
104,659,815.00
3.06
Organic Vegetables -- 07
2010
7,804.00
159,726.00
56,352,528.00
1,158,109,425.00
1.00
2011
18,757.00
215,907.00
62,413,183.00
1,405,942,333.00
1.96
2012
28,699.00
238,715.00
57,928,899.00
1,409,860,576.00
2.93
2008
5,427.00
103,639.00
49,196,426.00
1,145,031,473.00
1.22
2009
5,276.00
143,866.00
48,762,745.00
1,029,694,969.00
0.77
Salt -- 2501
2011
14.00
16,576.00
2,603,017.00
45,748,326.00
0.01
2012
10.00
2,389.00
2,156,644.00
46,285,719.00
0.09
2008
39.00
11,107.00
1,823,746.00
47,873,060.00
0.09
2009
38.00
14,333.00
2,034,041.00
32,726,068.00
0.04
2010
8.00
17,185.00
2,247,717.00
38,302,292.00
0.01
Silk -- 50
2011
17.00
215,493.00
3,400,828.00
759,366,823.00
0.02
2012
38.00
270,216.00
3,155,488.00
741,033,536.00
0.03
2008
118.00
233,575.00
3,539,764.00
651,119,216.00
0.09
2009
44.00
206,387.00
2,788,017.00
559,788,889.00
0.04
2010
66.00
243,645.00
3,270,232.00
644,504,758.00
0.05
Sticky Rice -- 100630
2009
13,200.00
18,456.00
15,753,648.00
18,615,944.00
0.85
2010
5,458.00
7,629.00
17,133,744.00
20,232,056.00
0.84
2011
2,005.00
4,243.00
20,347,220.00
23,849,947.00
0.55
2012
1,719.00
8,247.00
18,502,642.00
22,159,639.00
0.25
2008
1,403.00
2,452.00
18,132,444.00
21,156,330.00
0.67
Tea -- 0902
2010
425.00
159,726.00
6,403,753.00
1,158,109,425.00
0.48
2011
153.00
215,907.00
6,897,100.00
1,405,942,333.00
0.14
2012
391.00
238,715.00
6,318,074.00
1,409,860,576.00
0.37
2008
580.00
103,639.00
5,481,436.00
1,145,031,473.00
1.17
2009
436.00
143,866.00
5,440,751.00
1,029,694,969.00
0.57
White Charcoal -- 4402
2010
3,978.00
323,734.00
565,232.00
107,066,306.00
2.33
2011
9,212.00
611,210.00
701,956.00
121,606,272.00
2.61
2012
13,521.00
317,871.00
762,163.00
119,713,125.00
6.68
2008
2,172.00
254,371.00
527,502.00
118,335,236.00
1.92
2009
2,827.00
200,182.00
568,380.00
91,550,194.00
2.27
Wooden Furniture -- 940360
2011
795.00
1,411.00
24,452,729.00
73,067,604.00
1.68
2012
813.00
1,749.00
24,596,923.00
78,886,570.00
1.49
2008
951.00
1,500.00
23,238,723.00
71,639,706.00
1.95
2009
701.00
860.00
19,786,509.00
58,757,851.00
2.42
2010
439.00
693.00
22,623,220.00
65,229,067.00
1.83
