Behavior of economic variables and trade indicators for the mexican mango.

Abstract

The most predominant mango producers are India, Indonesia, China, Mexico and Pakistan, whereas the most important exporters are Mexico, Thailand, the Netherlands, Brazil and Peru. Mexico is the fourth producer and first worldwide exporter of mangoes; and its main partners in the mango trade are the United States of America, Canada and Japan. This work intended to characterize the behavior of economic variables and the trade indicators of mangoes produced in Mexico. The applied methodology consisted of calculating the growth rates of the variables and trade indicators, in order to assess competitiveness in the Mexican mango trade. The growth rates of production, export, total trade and trade balance variables exceeded zero, reflecting expansion in both production and trade; likewise, the relative trade balance coefficients, tradability index, export openness index and export coefficient had values above zero, revealing export competitiveness; while imports represented around 0.1% of national consumption and the trade dependency index was around zero, indicating little national consumption dependence on imports. The positive growth rates for the variables and positive coefficients of the trade indices reflect that mango production and exports are expanding and are competitive.