China’s Agri-Food Intra-Industry Trade: Focusing on Trade with East and Southeast Asia

Abstract

This study analyzes China’s agri-food intra-industry trade using the Grubel–Lloyd (GL) indices for 2000–2016. The GL indices of China are lower than the average values for East Asian countries during this period. This reflects the fact that Broad Economic Categories (BEC) 112 and BEC 121 have a larger trade share and lower GL indices. The BEC 122 trade between China and Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia has a large share and higher intra-industry trade rate.