Abstract
The question of the sources of agricultural competitiveness is widely discussed on the farm and sectoral levels in the European Union. This paper assesses the competitiveness of the plant production using the combination of trade measures and strategic management measures in the selected European countries related to the Czech Republic. Thus, the paper evaluates and identifies the sources of competitiveness of plant production. In the case of Belgium and the Netherlands, labour and capital factors have a significant influence on production; in the case of the new member states, these factors are less important, and, conversely, market competitiveness factors are more crucial. The continuous convergence process between Belgium and the Netherlands is illustrated. The divergence between the Netherlands and the rest of the countries is also visible. There is a stable connection between the Czech Republic and Austria, France, and Slovakia. It can be mentioned that there is no statistically significant difference in the comparative advantage between 2005 and 2019, except in the case of France. Analysing sources of competitiveness among the countries of interest is a possible tool for the future direction of trade policies.
Highlights
In the European Union (EU), agricultural trade competitiveness is a crucial concept in the context of the current trend of common agricultural policy (CAP) [1,2,3]
Based on a review of the state of knowledge, we examine the following research questions on the sources of competitiveness of individual EU countries in agricultural markets: Research question 1: What are the sources of export measures competitiveness? Research question 2: Do European countries have similar sources of competitiveness? Research question 3: Was there any change in the trade competitiveness of individual countries over the period 2005–2019?
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Summary
In the European Union (EU), agricultural trade competitiveness is a crucial concept in the context of the current trend of common agricultural policy (CAP) [1,2,3]. Competitiveness is a relative concept, and each study adopts its definition and chooses specific methods to measure it [4]. Competitiveness is a fundamental driver of the individual country’s ability to operate at the bilateral or multilateral trade flows. The competitiveness itself results from many specific factors and drivers, e.g., economy, resource availability, technology, production factors availability, subsidies, domestic supports, policy, or climate. At the European level, an individual country’s competitiveness is usually influenced through a unique mix of determinants, including political, production, environmental, and sustainability factors, and the ability of individual farmers to manage the optimal mix of all those factors. A country’s competitiveness should be measured according to a benchmark [5]
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