Analysis of Exports of Honduras using the Method CAN

Authors

  • José Bayardo Cabrera Rosales Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Administrativas y Contables (FCEAC), Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (IIES), Ciudad universitaria
  • María Auxiliadora López Méndez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Administrativas y Contables (FCEAC), Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (IIES), Ciudad universitaria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/eya.v5i2.2186

Keywords:

CAN, Exports, Rising Star, Moon Star, Withdrawn, Lost Opportunity

Abstract

This paper analyzes the competitiveness of exports from Honduras to United States, Western Europe and CACM. In turn, the paper is divided into five sections: the first section briefly describes various theories of international trade as well as some ways to measure international competitiveness in exports of nations. The second section explains the methodology of the CAN, and software TradeCAN 2012 and MagicPlus. The third, fourth and fifth section describes and analyzes the CAN exports from the perspective of the top ten products exported from Honduras to the markets mentioned in the 1990-2010 period except United States where the period is expanded until 2012, determining the competitive type (Rising Star, Moon Star, Withdrawn, Lost Opportunity) of such goods in different periods of analysis.

Economía y Administración (E&A) Vol.5(2) 2014: 105-125  

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Published

2015-11-13

How to Cite

Cabrera Rosales, J. B., & López Méndez, M. A. (2015). Analysis of Exports of Honduras using the Method CAN. Economía Y Administración (E&Amp;A), 5(2), 105–125. https://doi.org/10.5377/eya.v5i2.2186

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