Special Ministerial Conference on Agriculture in Small Island Developing States - Rome, 12 March 1999

Table. Revealed comparative advantage and export market shares for SIDS, by commodity and category, 1984-86 and 1994-96

Country		RCA		Share of total exports
Commodity/Category/Total		1984-86	1994-96	1984-86	1994-96
		*index*		*percent*

Antigua and Barbuda
	Fruit, fresh, nes	27	77	14.6	50.3
	Agriculture	-95	-92	46.9	79.0
	Fish and fish products	-37	-64	53.1	21.0
	Forest products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-90	-91	100.0	100.0

Bahamas
	Grapefruit and pomelo	-	98	-	4.2
	Fruit, prepared, nes	-	39	-	4.4
	Beverages, distilled, alcoholic	48	41	40.9	35.2
	Agriculture	-82	-68	49.5	47.1
	Fish and fish products	63	74	50.5	52.9
	Forest products	-100	-97	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-70	-45	100.0	100.0

Bahrain
	Agriculture	-95	-92	95.1	67.7
	Fish and fish products	-83	9	4.9	31.4
	Forest products	-100	-99	0.0	0.8
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-96	-89	100.0	100.0

Barbados
	Sugar, centrifugal, raw	100	86	56.3	50.2
	Sugar, refined	85	-	5.2	-
	Molasses	100	-	7.7	-
	Beverages, distilled, alcoholic	19	49	12.3	15.0
	Cigarettes	73	na	3.4	-
	Margarine and shortening	94	90	3.0	6.0
	Lard and fat preparations, nes	93	91	2.0	1.2
	Sausages, pigmeat	-	53	-	2.0
	Food, prepared, nes	-	17	-	23.5
	Agriculture	-44	-43	99.8	99.0
	Fish and fish products	-96	-85	0.2	1.0
	Forest products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-45	-43	100.0	100.0

Belize
	Sugar, centrifugal, raw	100	100	46.3	38.0
	Molasses	100	100	1.4	3.8
	Bananas	100	100	6.1	18.4
	Orange juice, concentrated	100	100	13.1	16.2
	Grapefruit juice, concentrated	100	100	5.0	5.0
	Agriculture	24	38	86.6	86.3
	Fish and fish products	89	89	12.2	11.0
	Forest products	-55	2	1.2	3
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	26	40	100.0	100.0

Cape Verde
	Bananas	100	100	21.7	4.7
	Agriculture	-96	-98	23.5	13.3
	Fish and fish products	93	74	76.5	86.7
	Forest products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-83	-92	100.0	100.0

Comoros
	Vanilla	100	100	72.9	75.2
	Cloves, whole and stems	100	100	25.5	9.9
	Agriculture	-2	-54	99.9	87.5
	Fish and fish products	-94	-100	0.1	12.5
	Forest products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-3	-58	100.0	100.0

Cook Islands
	Pulses, nes	100	100	6.3	2.5
	Copra	100	-	18.5	-
	Chilies and peppers, green	-	100	-	1.2
	Bananas	100	-	13.6	-
	Oranges	-	100	-	1.8
	Mangoes	-	100	-	2.8
	Papayas	100	100	30.1	31.0
	Crude organic materials	100	84	17.0	21.6
	Agriculture	-56	-86	100.0	47.4
	Fish and fish products	-100	-11	-	18.4
	Forest products	-100	-35	-	34.2
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-57	-76	100.0	100.0

Cuba
	Sugar, centrifugal, raw	100	100	87.5	86.1
	Oranges	100	100	1.7	1.3
	Grapefruit and pomelo	100	100	1.1	4.0
	Coffee, green	80	100	0.7	1.8
	Tobacco leaves	94	63	0.6	2.7
	Cigars and cheroots	100	100	0.9	5.6
	Agriculture	64	19	97.6	92.8
	Fish and fish products	44	67	2.4	7.2
	Forest products	-97	-97	0.1	-
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	58	21	100.0	100.0

Cyprus
	Potatoes	84	81	20.1	13.1
	Oil of sunflower seed	3	-	3.8	-
	Vegetables, fresh and processed	97	97	5.0	1.2
	Oranges	100	100	4.5	1.7
	Lemons and limes	100	100	4.3	1.6
	Grapefruit and pomelo	100	100	6.4	2.5
	Grapes	100	100	4.1	-
	Grape juice	100	100	3.8	-
	Wine	89	77	5.7	3.2
	Fruit, prepared, nes	83	30	3.2	1.0
	Beverages, distilled, alcoholic	2	-	3.1	-
	Cigarettes	13	1	10.8	74.8
	Agriculture	-4	-9	99.9	100.0
	Fish and fish products	-98	-85	0.1	-
	Forest products	-99	-99	-	-
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-17	-19	100.0	100.0

Dominica
	Taro and yautia (coco yam)	100	100	1.7	3.5
	Yams	100	100	0.3	1.8
	Oil of coconuts	100	100	5.8	4.0
	Bananas	100	100	79.6	77.0
	Plantains	100	100	2.5	3.1
	Citrus	100	100	4.2	3.1
	Agriculture	17	0	100.0	100.0
	Fish and fish products	-100	-100	-	-
	Forest products	-100	-100	-	-
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	12	-11	100.0	100.0

Dominican Republic
	Sugar, refined	100	-	2.4	-
	Molasses	100	100	2.3	2.5
	Vegetables, fresh or processed	100	98	5.1	2.1
	Bananas	100	100	0.0	3.7
	Fruits, fresh or processed, nes	100	95	2.2	4.3
	Coffee, green	100	100	19.5	18.8
	Cocoa beans	100	100	12.2	15.0
	Tobacco leaves	92	100	4.9	5.5
	Cigars, cheroots	100	100	0.3	1.3
	Tobacco products, nes	100	61	0.4	1.5
	Beef and veal	99	90	2.2	2.5
	Agriculture	50	-9	98.6	99.6
	Fish and fish products	-77	-95	1.4	-
	Forest products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	36	-24	100.0	100.0

Fiji
	Taro (coco yam)	100	100	-	1.7
	Sugar, centrifugal, raw	99	100	68.0	65.5
	Molasses	100	100	4.2	4.8
	Oil of coconuts	100	97	6.0	-
	Agriculture	31	31	86.6	76.5
	Fish and fish products	6	32	9.3	13.8
	Forest products	-14	24	4.0	9.7
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	26	30	100.0	100.0

Grenada
	Wheat flour	-	38	-	9.9
	Bananas	100	100	22.0	15.6
	Fruit, fresh, nes	100	99	7.0	14.7
	Cocoa beans	100	100	27.6	24.5
	Nutmeg, mace, cardamons	100	100	41.5	29.2
	Agriculture	-5	-45	100.0	98.9
	Fish and fish products	-100	-89	0.0	1.1
	Forest products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-8	-53	100.0	100.0

Guinea-Bissau
	Cashew nuts	100	100	41.8	72.2
	Groundnuts, shelled	100	-	19.1	-
	Palm kernels	100	100	13.2	-
	Cotton lint	100	100	5.4	3.2
	Agriculture	-9	-13	80.7	69.3
	Fish and fish products	66	88	15.8	20.8
	Forest products	19	90	3.5	9.9
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-1	4	100.0	100.0

Guyana
	Milled paddy rice	100	100	12.8	30.8
	Sugar, centrifugal, raw	100	100	58.7	39.1
	Beverages, distilled, alcoholic	79	72	5.4	3.8
	Agriculture	67	57	77.9	77.1
	Fish and fish products	100	92	18.5	7.9
	Forest products	22	93	3.6	15.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	70	64	100.0	100.0

Haiti
	Bran of wheat	100	-	4.6	-
	Sugar, centrifugal, raw	100	-	5.4	-
	Mangoes	100	100	3.4	13.7
	Fruit, prepared, nes	44	70	1.9	8.4
	Coffee, green	100	100	70.1	56.0
	Cocoa beans	100	100	7.8	10.5
	Agriculture	26	-82	98.5	93.7
	Fish and fish products	-70	-37	1.5	6.3
	Forest products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-31	-82	100.0	100.0

Jamaica
	Beer of barley	90	29	2.2	2.7
	Yams	100	100	3.1	4.3
	Sugar, centrifugal, raw	83	99	39.2	32.8
	Bananas	100	100	3.4	16.2
	Beverages, distilled, alcoholic	23	80	0.7	8.9
	Coffee, green	-	94	-	8.7
	Cocoa beans	96	100	3.1	0.9
	Pimento, allspice	98	95	4.2	1.5
	Cigars, cheroots	100	97	6.3	2.8
	Food, prepared, nes	33	5	2.5	3.7
	Agriculture	13	-12	98.1	94.1
	Fish and fish products	-87	-38	1.1	5.7
	Forest products	-95	-98	0.9	0.3
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-27	-24	100.0	100.0

Maldives
	Agriculture	-99	-100	0.2	0.0
	Fish and fish products	100	100	99.8	99.9
	Forest products	-100	-99	0.0	0.1
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	23	-45	100.0	100.0

Malta
	Oats, rolled	-	37	-	1.7
	Mixes and doughs	-	7	-	1.6
	Potatoes	14	20	4.1	8.1
	Cigarettes	71	-	14.0	9.4
	Food, prepared, nes	20	3	27.0	42.8
	Agriculture	-65	-82	93.6	80.9
	Fish and fish products	-53	-50	6.4	18.9
	Forest products	-100	-99	0.0	0.2
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-69	-83	100.0	100.0

Mauritius
	Sugar, centrifugal, raw	100	99	85.5	92.6
	Molasses	100	100	2.3	1.7
	Tea	100	97	5.1	0.8
	Beef preparations	-	77	-	3.0
	Live animals, nes	-	98	-	1.4
	Agriculture	34	14	96.2	97.2
	Fish and fish products	12	-48	3.8	2.8
	Forest products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	30	5	100.0	100.0

Papua New Guinea
	Copra	100	100	7.3	2.1
	Oil of coconuts	100	100	5.8	2.4
	Palm oil	99	94	11.8	11.2
	Coffee, green	100	100	33.2	18.8
	Cocoa beans	100	100	14.4	4.3
	Tea	95	91	3.1	-
	Agriculture	42	26	80.0	40.3
	Fish and fish products	-43	-49	2.6	1.2
	Forest products	87	98	17.4	59.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	42	57	100.0	100.0

Samoa
	Beer of barley	86	71	1.6	13.7
	Taro (coco yam)	100	100	14.3	-
	Copra	91	100	2.0	17.7
	Cake of coconuts	100	100	1.9	1.3
	Bananas	100	100	0.3	3.7
	Fruit, prepared, nes	91	92	8.6	47.0
	Cocoa beans	100	-	8.3	-
	Cigarettes	63	-	1.9	-
	Agriculture	7	-67	90.3	90.5
	Fish and fish products	-100	-85	0.0	5.8
	Forest products	-71	-78	9.7	3.7
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-18	-70	100.0	100.0

Sao Tome and Principe
	Copra	100	100	11.3	1.3
	Cocoa beans	100	100	87.6	92.5
	Agriculture	21	-31	100.0	100.0
	Fish and fish products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Forest products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	18	-35	100.0	100.0

Seychelles
	Copra	100	-	34.2	-
	Oil of coconuts	100	-	1.6	-
	Cinnamon (canella)	100	100	11.8	3.0
	Agriculture	-86	-93	50.7	5.6
	Fish and fish products	76	40	49.3	94.0
	Forest products	-100	-87	0.0	0.3
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-74	-32	100.0	100.0

Solomon Islands
	Copra	100	100	20.2	3.6
	Palm kernels	100	100	1.2	-
	Palm oil	100	100	10.7	8.7
	Cocoa beans	100	100	4.4	2.3
	Agriculture	36	18	37.5	12.4
	Fish and fish products	95	99	34.0	38.1
	Forest products	80	99	28.5	49.6
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	64	84	100.0	100.0

Saint Kitts and Nevis
	Beer of barley	44	-	1.7	-
	Sugar, centrifugal, raw	100	100	76.2	82.7
	Molasses	100	-	4.2	-
	Beverages, non-alcoholic	47	-	7.4	-
	Fat preparations, nes	88	100	4.4	7.5
	Agriculture	-2	-19	88.5	88.6
	Fish and fish products	-54	-75	1.5	1.4
	Forestry products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-4	-26	100.0	100.0

Saint Lucia
	Beer of barley	72	77	3.6	6.6
	Oil of coconuts	99	100	4.8	0.9
	Bananas	100	100	85.8	86.4
	Fruit, fresh, nes	98	99	1.2	1.7
	Agriculture	15	-8	99.9	99.9
	Fish and fish products	-95	-100	-	-
	Forestry products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	34	-17	100.0	100.0

Saint Vincent/Grenadines
	Flour of wheat	99	100	13.2	22.8
	Milled paddy rice	-	27	-	16.6
	Sweet potatoes	100	100	7.5	1.1
	Roots and tubers, nes	100	100	36.8	3.1
	Bananas	100	100	33.2	51.7
	Plantains	100	-	3.0	-
	Mangoes	100	-	1.4	-
	Agriculture	40	9	99.7	98.3
	Fish and fish products	-55	-2	0.3	1.7
	Forestry products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	34	3	100.0	100.0

Suriname
	Rice	100	100	64.5	60.9
	Vegetables, fresh, nes	46	100	1.4	3.1
	Bananas	100	100	17.9	16.4
	Agriculture	10	-15	85.7	77.3
	Fish and fish products	91	84	7.2	15.1
	Forestry products	-27	36	7.1	7.5
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	10	-4	100.0	100.0

Tonga
	Cassava, dried	100	100	1.0	1.8
	Taro (coco yam)	100	-	2.1	-
	Yams	100	-	1.4	-
	Coconuts	100	-	1.2	-
	Coconuts, dessicated	100	-	8.8	-
	Cake of coconuts	100	-	1.2	-
	Pumpkins, squash and gourds	100	100	-	41.2
	Bananas	100	-	13.5	-
	Vanilla	100	100	13.7	15.3
	Agriculture	-36	-43	93.6	81.0
	Fish and fish products	5	61	6.4	18.9
	Forestry products	-100	-100	0.0	0.0
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-41	-39	100.0	100.0

Trinidad and Tobago
	Bread	88	-	1.7	-
	Pastry	-	74	-	6.7
	Breakfast cereals	-	67	-	4.2
	Beer of barley	78	97	2.3	5.9
	Sugar, centrifugal, raw	48	64	44.7	18.2
	Molasses	100	99	2.1	-
	Beverages, non-alcoholic	-	90	-	15.6
	Beverages, distilled, alcoholic	23	68	16.1	6.8
	Coffee, green	100	-	2.8	-
	Cocoa beans	100	100	6.0	1.8
	Whole milk, condensed	-	81	-	1.6
	Agriculture	-75	-19	97.3	93.6
	Fish and fish products	-85	29	2.2	5.4
	Forestry products	-99	-95	0.5	0.1
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	-79	-28	100.0	100.0

Vanuatu
	Copra	100	100	58.6	35.3
	Cocoa beans	100	100	5.8	5.6
	Beef and veal	100	100	5.6	14.2
	Hides, dry-salted, cattle	-	100	-	1.6
	Agriculture	17	22	73.0	91.4
	Fish and fish products	-3	-68	23.8	0.7
	Forestry products	35	69	3.3	7.9
	Agriculture, fish and forestry	12	22	100.0	100.0

Data source: FAOSTAT
Note: means commodity accounts for less than 1 percent of total agricultural, fish and forestry exports