Exporter-level customs data provides the average number of destinations served by each exporter. The dataset is part of the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database, which aggregates country-year level indicators. The original data source is national customs transaction records.
Use Cases
- Analyze exporter concentration by calculating the mean number of destinations per firm within a country-year.
- Model trade resilience by correlating the mean destinations metric with economic shock indicators.
- Benchmark national export diversification strategies using the country-year aggregated indicator.
- Study firm growth by examining how the mean destinations changes over time within an economy.
Strengths
- Derived from detailed customs transaction records, a primary data source for trade.
- Aggregated to a standardized country-year level for cross-national comparison.
Limitations
- Contains only aggregated indicators; underlying firm-level transaction data is not available.
- The temporal coverage and number of countries included are unknown.
- Represents a single derived metric, limiting multivariate analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Exporter Dynamics Database
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from national customs administration export transaction records.
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