Volume 3,Issue 9
Analysis of the Potentialities and Restraining Factors in Agricultural Trade between China and Central Asian Countries
In recent years, the Belt and Road Initiative has been deepened and promoted, bringing development opportunities for economic and trade cooperation between China and Central Asian countries. As an important part of bilateral economic and trade relations, agricultural trade has undergone significant dynamic changes in scale and structure. This paper focuses on bilateral agricultural trade, reviews the current situation, and conducts comparative analyses of overall scale, subcategories, and market concentration to reveal the trade landscape. It constructs a core data dimension index system to evaluate trade potential, analyzes potential sub-sectors, and identifies key directions for future trade growth. By examining constraining factors and analyzing trade barriers, logistics costs, and standard differences based on trade condition variations, it estimates breakthrough potential in light of improvement trends and proposes countermeasures and suggestions, providing theoretical and practical references for the sustainable and healthy development of bilateral agricultural trade.
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