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The Determinants of Agricultural Export Growth in South Africa

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South Africa has relatively not been affected that significantly by the global food end economic crises. Although, the exports of South Africa’s traditional agricultural exports showed a moderate dip over the last two years. However, the country’s agricultural export base that earns valuable foreign currency is quite shallow. Against this background the study indentified ten agricultural export products which showed a significant increase in exports over the last years. These emerging agricultural exports form the basis for the analysis of the determinants of export growth. The identified determinants will provide a guideline for future trade diversification. An augmented gravity model was applied to investigate factors such as transaction cost, market size, the stage of economic development, exchange rate fluctuations and the impact of trade agreements on the export flows of the selected products. Various factors were found to have an significant impact on trade flows amongst which: economic market size, supply capacity and physical market size.

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  • Idsardi, Ernst, 2010. "The Determinants of Agricultural Export Growth in South Africa," 2010 AAAE Third Conference/AEASA 48th Conference, September 19-23, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa 96639, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaae10:96639
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.96639
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    1. Julio Vicente Cateia, 2019. "Guinea-Bissau Trade: A Panel Data Analysis," Asian Development Policy Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 7(4), pages 277-296, December.
    2. Karim Panahi & Monireh Dizaji & Arash Ketabforoush Badri, 2018. "The Role of the Agricultural Sector in Achieving Economic Development," Noble International Journal of Economics and Financial Research, Noble Academic Publsiher, vol. 3(11), pages 124-132, November.
    3. Mwangi, Esther N., 2021. "Determinants of Agricultural Imports in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Gravity Model," African Journal of Economic Review, African Journal of Economic Review, vol. 9(2), April.

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