Incumbent Firm Export Destination Entry Rates

Customs data provides exporter-level transaction records for international trade analysis. The dataset focuses on the mean rate at which incumbent firms enter new export destinations, a key indicator from the Exporter Dynamics Database. This metric is compiled at the country-year level by the World Bank.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between incumbent firm size and their destination_entry_rate to model export growth patterns.
• Benchmark a country's mean destination_entry_rate against regional peers to assess trade competitiveness.
• Correlate the destination_entry_rate metric with national policy indicators to evaluate the impact of trade agreements.
• Use country-year panel data to track changes in incumbent firms' market expansion over time.

Strengths

• Derived from official customs-level transaction data, ensuring high granularity.
• Provides a standardized indicator (mean destination entry rate) for cross-country comparison.

Limitations

• Specific row count, time range, and geographic coverage are unknown.
• Lacks accompanying firm-level columns (e.g., firm ID, product codes) for deeper micro-analysis.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Exporter Dynamics Database – Indicators at Country-Year Level

Collection Method

Aggregated from exporter-level customs transaction records.