Customs-level data reveals the median number of firms exporting each of thousands of internationally traded products, classified by the 6-digit Harmonized System. This indicator is part of the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database, which aggregates transaction-level information to country-year summaries. The original source is national customs records.
Use Cases
- Analyze market concentration by comparing the median_exporter_count across different HS6_product_codes.
- Track changes in exporter entry and competition over time using the country and year fields.
- Benchmark a country's export sector diversity against others by aggregating median counts across product categories.
Strengths
- Data is derived from detailed customs transaction records, providing a firm-level foundation.
- Coverage includes many countries due to the World Bank's aggregation of national sources.
Limitations
- Specific row count, time range, and geographic coverage are unknown from the input.
- As a derived median indicator, the underlying firm-level transaction data is not directly accessible.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Exporter Dynamics Database – Indicators at Country-Year Level
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from national customs authorities' exporter-level transaction records.
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